The Mercat Shopping Centre is located in Kirkcaldy, the largest town in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom. The Mercat has three anchor stores; Marks and Spencer, Bhs and TK Maxx. The Mercat - including surrounding areas - accounts for at least 30% of all the floorspace in Kirkcaldy town centre, which in total is 46000m2 and providing as much as 200 shops, making Kirkcaldy the largest shopping area in Fife.
The shopping centre was built in two phases between 1972 and 1981-83 with a refurbishment completed in 1997. A proposal to extend the shopping centre for a third phase is pending.
In 1996 plans to broadcast an episode of Family Fortunes live from the Mercat Centre were scrapped due to concerns that the event would not be covered by the Centre's insurance company. Les Dennis described the decision as "unfortunate, but sadly unavoidable".
The site has been owned by City Site Estates since 2005 after being disposed of by GA Capital who bought over previous owners, Haslemere Estates Management Ltd.