Halfords Group has released its trading update for the 26 weeks to 26 September 2025.
The retailer, the UK’s leading provider of motoring and cycling products, recorded positive like-for-like sales growth of 4.1%.
The firm’s retail sector was up 4% and Autocentres increased by 4.3%. Reported group sales rose by 3.3%.
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Halfords CEO Henry Birch said: “I am very pleased with our progress in the first half of FY26 and want to thank all our colleagues for their efforts in delivering this performance.
“I am looking forward to sharing our plans for the future at our interim results announcement next month.”
The business – which has more than 400 shops – highlighted it has built on “the strong result delivered in FY25”, this was “partly driven by planned cost savings to help mitigate inflationary pressures”.
It also reported “strong cash generation” and “disciplined stock management”, for “further strengthening the balance sheet from the net cash position reported at FY25”.
The interim results published on 27 November “will be accompanied by a more detailed Group strategy update”, said a statement.
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