Market partner programme

For market operators, owners, and teams who run UK food markets, car boots with food, and permanent food halls.

Having your market on Food Marketplace and claiming your page are free. We help venues get found with accurate hours, maps, and trader context before anything else. If we introduce optional paid partner tools later, we will say so clearly. They will not be a hidden fee for simply being listed or verified.

Who we are

Food Marketplace brings UK food markets and hungry visitors together in one directory: maps, opening signals, vendors, and guides. The market partner programme is how legitimate operators take ownership of that story — so what people see online matches how you really run the venue. Like our vendor track, we focus on helping you first; commercial layers can follow in the open.

Free listing, free claiming

Standard public market pages and the claim flow are free. After we approve your claim and confirm you represent the venue, you can work from your dashboard to keep details fresh. We are building trust with operators, not charging for the basics of appearing in the directory.

Who this is for

People who legitimately operate or represent a food market: weekly street-food pitches, seasonal fairs, indoor food halls, and similar venues. You might already see your market on our markets directory, or you may be planning to work with us to appear for the first time.

Market types we list (and where to browse them)

Every live venue on Food Marketplace is tagged with one or more types from our data model — the same list managers use when they create or edit a market. That keeps discovery consistent whether someone lands from search, the map, or a category hub. Below is each type with a link to its public browse page (or the main markets index for mixed "Other" formats).

Tip: if you run a venue that spans more than one format (for example a food hall inside an indoor market), your public page can carry multiple types. Claiming still happens once, from your market profile.

Think you are already listed? Find your market and claim it

Use Discover to search by the name visitors know, browse all markets, or open the interactive map. When you open your public market page, look at the top left of your cover image for the orange Claim button.

You need a Food Marketplace account before you can claim. If you do not have one yet, start with Sign up. If you already have an account, use Sign in first, then run the claim flow from your market page. After our team approves your claim, you are recognised as the authority for that listing and can use your dashboard to update hours, copy, imagery, and more so visitors and search engines see accurate information.

Example: verified market. Seven Dials Market shows how a Covent Garden indoor food hall appears with operator verification in place (you will see Verified when the listing is connected to an approved operator).

Example: live listing without verification yet. Southbank Centre Food Market is a full public profile with traders, hours, and map context — the same page type you claim when you represent the venue; verification appears after claim approval.

Your market is not on Food Marketplace yet?

New venues are added through our editorial and partnership process so quality stays high for diners and traders. If you operate a food market that should be listed, contact us at hello@foodmarketplace.co.uk with your venue name, location, and a short summary. Once a public page exists, use the same Claim steps above — including Sign in or Sign up — so we can hand dashboard control to the right team.

Explore Food Marketplace: maps, cities, and guides

Use these entry points the same way a reader would move through a long guide: pick a lens (city, map, open now, or story), then narrow down to your venue and claim when you are ready.