A full list of the types of retail businesses that require a Retail Tenancy Lease under the Retail Leases Act 1994
(Section 3)
- Adult books and toy shops
- Aged care product shops
- Amusement and entertainment services
- Antique shops
- Art galleries
- Art supplies shops
- Arts and crafts shops
- Baby supplies shops
- Bakeries or bread shops
- Balloon shops
- Bar accessories shops
- Barbecue equipment shops
- Barbers
- Batteries shops (other than motor vehicle batteries)
- Beach wear shops
- Beauticians
- Beauty shops
- Beauty therapists
- Beer, wine and spirit shops (except where goods are for consumption on the premises)
- Bicycle accessories shops
- Bicycle shops
- Biscuit bar shops
- Bookshops
- Boot and shoe repairers
- Bridal wear sales and hire shops
- Building supplies shops
- Business machines and equipment shops
- Butcher shops
- Cake shops
- Camping equipment shops
- Candle shops
- Cards shops
- Carpet shops
- Chandler shops
- Cigarette shops
- Clock shops
- Coffee, tea and other non-alcoholic beverage shops
- Coins and coin collections shops
- Comic shops
- Confectionery shops
- Convenience food shops
- Cookie shops
- Cosmetics shops
- Costumes and formal wear hire shops
- Curtain shops
- Delicatessen shops
- Department stores
- Dinnerware shops
- Disposals shops
- Drapery shops
- Dry cleaners, collection centres for dry cleaning or laundry services
- Duty free shops
- Electrical appliance shops
- Electronic equipment and supplies shops
- Engravers
- Equestrian wear shops
- Equipment hire shops
- Fairy shops
- Fast food shops
- Fast-photo processors
- Firearms shops
- Flag shops
- Floor covering shops
- Florist shops
- Flower shops or allied goods and services
- Fruit and vegetable shops
- Fruit juice shops
- Funerary goods shops (incense, joss sticks)
- Furniture shops
- Games and hobbies shops
- General stores
- Gift shops
- Gift-wrapping shops
- Golf equipment shops
- Greengrocer shops
- Grocery shops
- Haberdashery shops
- Hairdressers
- Hardware shops
- Health food shops
- Hearing aid shops
- Hot water system shops
- Household appliance and house appliance repairs shops
- Household fixtures and fittings shops
- Ice cream shops
- Interior decoration shops
- Internet cafes
- Jewellery shops
- Key cutting shops
- Kitchenware shops
- Knick-knack shops and novelties shops
- Leather goods shops
- Lighting shops
- Linen shops
- Lingerie shops
- Lottery agencies
- Manchester shops
- Map shops
- Martial arts supplies shops
- Mixed business shops
- Motor vehicle and motor cycle accessories shops (excluding tyre shops and batteries shops)
- Music or musical equipment shops
- Nail bars
- Newsagency shops
- Nut bar shops
- Office equipment shops
- Optical goods or services shops
- Optometrists
- Organ shops
- Paint and paper shops
- Party shops
- Patisserie or pastry shops
- Pawnbroking shops
- Perfume shops
- Pet shops, pet grooming and supplies shops and aquarium shops
- Pharmacy shops
- Photocopy shops
- Photographic equipment and supplies shops
- Picture frames shops
- Plumbing supplies shops
- Pools and spas shops
- Poultry shops (fresh, frozen, cooked)
- Precious stones shops
- Prints and posters shops
- Religious goods shops
- Restaurants, cafeterias, coffee lounges, food courts and other eating places
- Retail post offices
- Rubber stamp supply shops
- Seafood shops
- Second-hand goods shops
- Sewing machine shops (sewing materials, needlepoint and craft-related items)
- Shoe and boot repair shops
- Shoe shops
- Shops selling or engaged in providing any one or more of the following goods or services in relation to any person: accessories, baby wear, bags, caps, clothing, clothing alterations, underwear or sunshades
- Shops selling or renting any one or more of the following goods: cassettes, musical instruments, pre-recorded tapes, records, video tape and pre-recorded music libraries downloading, CDs, DVDs or other like products
- Shops selling or renting any one or more of the following goods: telecommunication (mobile phones or services), televisions, videos, home entertainment systems, software, electronic games, computers or computer products or household appliances
- Silverware shops
- Sleepwear shops
- Smallgoods shops
- Snack bars
- Soft drink shops
- Soft furnishing shops
- Souvenir, trophy and memorabilia shops
- Specialised food shops
- Sporting goods shops
- Stamps and stamp collection shops (whether for purchase or sale or both)
- Stationery shops
- Supermarkets
- Surfboard shops
- Surfing accessories shops
- Takeaway food shops
- Tobacconist shops
- Toy and game repair shops
- Toy shops
- Travel agency or travel services
- Umbrella shops
- Underwear shops
- Variety stores
- Vitamin shops
- Wall decorations shops
- Watch shops
- Water filter shops
- Wig shops
- Writing materials shops
Any other business as from time to time may be prescribed by the regulations.