Liverpool vs the UK Average: Furniture Spend Compared

Furniture in Fashion's 2026 Liverpool report sets aside the spend comparison the title suggests, because household expenditure on furnishings is published by the ONS only at UK, national and regional level: the North West appears in Family Spending, Liverpool does not. The city's distinguishing feature is instead its housing, and particularly its waterfront warehouse and office conversions, where ceiling height rather than floor area shapes what looks and works correctly. Our analysis finds height, not quantity, is the right correction in tall rooms, and that access governs the purchase: lift car depth, stair half landings and fire doors of 76cm to 81cm decide what can physically reach a flat. Structural columns and deep reveals remove the long wall runs furniture is designed around, favouring shorter, shallower storage and sectional seating, while a large private rented sector makes freestanding, reversible furnishing the practical default across much of the city....