Modular Shops & Retail Units
A retail unit has to pull people in from outside and stay secure when it's closed. That means generous shopfront glazing, a clear customer entrance, and shutters or lockable glazing for out of hours.
Get a price for modular shops
Tell us what you need and we'll come back with pricing and lead times — usually within one working day.
Hire Modular Shops in the UK
Need modular shops for a fixed period? Hire it instead of buying. Adacon manufactures the building to your layout and hands it over on hire terms, then collects it when you no longer need it — with the same quality, fit-out and design freedom as a purchase.
Hire terms are flexible — tell us how long you need the unit and we will confirm the rate for that period.
Get a hire price for modular shops
Tell us when you need it and for how long. We reply with hire terms — and a purchase price too if you tick compare.
Frontage, security and stock flow
The front elevation is the shop window, so it is glazed as fully as the structure allows. Behind it we keep wall runs solid for shelving and stock, and plan a lockable stock or staff area where the unit is unattended.
- Full-height shopfront glazing on the customer elevation
- Solid side walls for shelving, rails and display
- Secure locking, shutter or lockable glazing options
- Power for tills, card readers, lighting and display
- Lockable stock area or staff corner
- Cladding and colour matched to your brand
Example configurations
Buildings combine P300, P400 and P600 units — a P600 gives approx. 11.4 m² usable floor area. Units join side by side and stack over two storeys.
Kiosk or pop-up shop with a glazed frontage.
Shop floor with a separate stock area.
Larger retail unit with stock room, staff area and customer WC.
Modular Shops — key facts
- P300 unit
- 2.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 2.7m × 2.0m usable internally
- P400 unit
- 3.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 3.7m × 2.0m usable internally
- P600 unit
- 5.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 5.7m × 2.0m usable internally
- Configuration
- Mix P300, P400 and P600 units to create tailored footprints and shapes
- Unit height
- 2.40m external / 2.16m internal
- Storeys
- Up to two storeys, subject to final project design
- Delivery
- UK mainland and Northern Ireland — transport quoted separately
Adacon modular buildings use P300, P400 and P600 units with external lengths of 2.9m, 3.9m and 5.9m, a common 2.2m width and 2.40m external / 2.16m internal height. The sizes can be combined to create more tailored floor areas and building shapes, joined side by side or stacked to two storeys subject to the final project design.
What's available for a modular shop
Modular Shops — photo gallery
Design your retail unit
Choose glazing, security and layout and get an estimated price.
Modular Shops — common questions
Related uses
Modular showrooms, sales and marketing suites, car dealership buildings and visitor centres with full-height glazing, reception, consultation rooms and branded cladding.
Modular café and coffee shop units with serving hatch, kitchen fit-out, plumbing and glazing. Configure your café unit online and get an estimate.
Modular gatehouses for site entrances, business parks and industrial premises. Full observation glazing, access control provision and visitor check-in.
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