Retail and restaurant fit outs share their trades with office work but not their pressures. A shop or a restaurant opens on a date that has been advertised, the landlord's shell is often rougher than a Cat A office floor, and the specification is driven by brand guidelines and by hygiene, extraction and fire regulations that office projects never meet. The firms on this page list retail, hospitality, hotel or leisure work as a service alongside their workspace core, so they have the programme discipline and the specialist subcontractors that these jobs need.
This is a shorter list than the office pages because we only include firms that publish this work themselves. If your firm delivers retail or hospitality fit outs in London and is not here, claim your listing and add the service.
Programme is fixed by the opening date, so the contractor's ability to sequence trades and work nights matters more than on an office job. Kitchens bring extraction, gas, grease management and fire suppression, and the environmental health sign off that follows. Retail brings shopfronts, signage consents and, in many London locations, planning or listed building constraints on the frontage. Ask each firm which of these it has handled recently and who its kitchen and shopfront subcontractors are.
Ranges are wider than for offices because the specification varies so much. A simple retail unit can be fitted for £60 to £120 per square foot; a flagship store or a full commercial kitchen runs from £200 to £400 per square foot and beyond. Restaurant fit outs are usually budgeted per cover rather than per square foot, typically £3,000 to £8,000 per cover for a mid market site in London. Treat these as orientation figures and get three priced proposals against the same brief.
Paid placements, clearly labelled. Featured firms are still verified the same way and still sit in the alphabetical list below.
Top of retail and restaurant fit out companies with direct contact buttons on the card. Six slots per size band, first come first served.
See featured listingsTop of retail and restaurant fit out companies with direct contact buttons on the card. Six slots per size band, first come first served.
See featured listingsTop of retail and restaurant fit out companies with direct contact buttons on the card. Six slots per size band, first come first served.
See featured listingsGrouped by the floor areas each firm is set up to deliver, because that is the first thing that rules a contractor in or out. Alphabetical within each band, featured firms included, so nothing is hidden behind a paywall.
Typical projects £50k to £500k for scale ups, professional services and creative firms. One team designs, builds and furnishes.
Low carbon fit out solutions. Energy performance upgrades. EPC improvements.
Refurbishment led, boutique band.
Flat management structure. Diverse sectors (banks, recruitment, law firms, hotels, education). Fast track delivery. 25+ years.
Refurbishment led, boutique band, trading since 2000.
250+ completed projects. Instant online fit out cost calculator. Multi sector (commercial + healthcare + retail). Phased works.
Refurbishment led, boutique band, trading since 2010. Names Children with Cancer UK and Mimecast among its clients.
40+ years. Director is President of the FIS board. School refurbishment specialist. Bespoke joinery.
Refurbishment led, boutique band, trading since 1985.
Estate agent interior design. Healthcare/dental surgery refurbishment. In house branding services.
Cat A and Cat B, boutique band, trading since 1990. Names Bang & Olufsen and Samsung among its clients.
Landlord Cat A programmes, corporate headquarters and multi floor phased schemes. Usually with an independent architect and cost consultant.
High end corporate fit outs, digital twin technology, programme driven delivery.
Fit out, enterprise band, trading since 1990, part of Mace Group. Names BMI and Major Financial Institutions among its clients.
Global design & build backed by world's largest real estate services company. Operates in 20+ countries with local London expertise.
Fit out, enterprise band, part of JLL.
Tell us the floor area, the budget and the timing and we will introduce three suitable firms from the directory. No fee, no obligation, and no company pays for the introduction.
Get matchedSome can, and the firms here say so on their own sites. The test is recent hospitality projects with kitchens, not just a bar in an office breakout. Ask to see one.
A small unit can be turned around in three to six weeks on site. Flagship stores and restaurants with full kitchens run twelve to twenty weeks, plus consents beforehand.