Best areas to open vehicle repair garage in East
45 East local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a vehicle repair garage in East?
In East, the best area to open a vehicle repair garage is Maldon, with a Gera Business Location Score of 87/100: premises at £54/m²/yr and local median pay £25,496. Cambridge ranks lowest of 45 East authorities at 48.4/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
East ranked for vehicle repair garage
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldon | 87/100 | £54 | £25,496 | £2,333 |
| 2 | Fenland | 85.5/100 | £44 | £27,005 | £1,901 |
| 3 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 85.4/100 | £40 | £30,544 | £1,728 |
| 4 | North Norfolk | 85.4/100 | £39 | £26,296 | £1,685 |
| 5 | Mid Suffolk | 84.1/100 | £50 | £32,413 | £2,160 |
| 6 | Peterborough | 83.1/100 | £64 | £31,062 | £2,765 |
| 7 | Breckland | 82/100 | £41 | £28,303 | £1,771 |
| 8 | East Suffolk | 81.4/100 | £22 | £30,821 | £950 |
| 9 | South Norfolk | 81/100 | £37 | £29,114 | £1,598 |
| 10 | Rochford | 80.5/100 | £56 | £26,706 | £2,419 |
| 11 | Babergh | 80.5/100 | £62 | £25,785 | £2,678 |
| 12 | Uttlesford | 79.3/100 | £58 | £32,124 | £2,506 |
| 13 | Bedford | 79/100 | £53 | £33,148 | £2,290 |
| 14 | Tendring | 78.9/100 | £60 | £27,067 | £2,592 |
| 15 | East Cambridgeshire | 78.6/100 | £42 | £30,232 | £1,814 |
| 16 | Broadland | 77.4/100 | £39 | £32,576 | £1,685 |
| 17 | West Suffolk | 77.4/100 | £63 | £29,613 | £2,722 |
| 18 | Huntingdonshire | 77.2/100 | £57 | £32,441 | £2,462 |
| 19 | Great Yarmouth | 76.5/100 | £35 | £26,484 | £1,512 |
| 20 | Ipswich | 75.7/100 | £54 | £30,605 | £2,333 |
| 21 | Norwich | 75.5/100 | £46 | £28,457 | £1,987 |
| 22 | Brentwood | 74.4/100 | £54 | £30,607 | £2,333 |
| 23 | Castle Point | 74.3/100 | £56 | £27,524 | £2,419 |
| 24 | Braintree | 73.3/100 | £78 | £32,175 | £3,370 |
| 25 | Thurrock | 72.2/100 | £81 | £34,388 | £3,499 |
| 26 | Epping Forest | 72.1/100 | £80 | £30,038 | £3,456 |
| 27 | Central Bedfordshire | 72/100 | £69 | £30,963 | £2,981 |
| 28 | North Hertfordshire | 71.7/100 | £69 | £33,409 | £2,981 |
| 29 | Colchester | 71.1/100 | £67 | £31,056 | £2,894 |
| 30 | Chelmsford | 69.3/100 | £91 | £32,010 | £3,931 |
| 31 | Harlow | 69.2/100 | £72 | £32,320 | £3,110 |
| 32 | Dacorum | 69.2/100 | £105 | £18,675 | £4,536 |
| 33 | Luton | 68.9/100 | £82 | £29,640 | £3,542 |
| 34 | Broxbourne | 68.9/100 | £102 | £29,980 | £4,406 |
| 35 | East Hertfordshire | 68/100 | £87 | £32,293 | £3,758 |
| 36 | Basildon | 65.7/100 | £90 | £32,050 | £3,888 |
| 37 | South Cambridgeshire | 64.6/100 | £53 | £41,348 | £2,290 |
| 38 | Southend-on-Sea | 64.5/100 | £88 | £26,955 | £3,802 |
| 39 | Three Rivers | 61.4/100 | £72 | £43,202 | £3,110 |
| 40 | Watford | 60.8/100 | £107 | £31,833 | £4,622 |
| 41 | Welwyn Hatfield | 60.5/100 | £102 | £39,794 | £4,406 |
| 42 | Hertsmere | 59.2/100 | £103 | £36,000 | £4,450 |
| 43 | St Albans | 52.5/100 | £120 | £33,468 | £5,184 |
| 44 | Stevenage | 51.4/100 | £119 | £41,224 | £5,141 |
| 45 | Cambridge | 48.4/100 | £75 | £40,266 | £3,240 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for vehicle repair garage premises in East?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in East is £22/m²/yr in East Suffolk. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Maldon ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for vehicle repair garage in Maldon?
- For a 100 m² unit in Maldon, business rates are roughly £2,333/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £5,400/yr rent — before Small Business Rate Relief.
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Contains public sector information published by Valuation Office Agency and Office for National Statistics and licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: VOA Business Floorspace + ONS Business Counts + ONS ASHE (work geography) + ONS population estimates (2025 (VOA 31 March 2025; ASHE 2025 provisional; Business Counts 2025; population mid-2024), published December 2025).