Best areas to open vehicle repair garage in London
32 London 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 London?
In London, the best area to open a vehicle repair garage is Havering, with a Gera Business Location Score of 72/100: premises at £52/m²/yr and local median pay £31,874. Westminster ranks lowest of 32 London authorities at 11.1/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top London area for vehicle repair garage: Havering.
How this is calculatedLondon ranked for vehicle repair garage
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Havering | 72/100 | £52 | £31,874 | £2,246 |
| 2 | Enfield | 64.8/100 | £78 | £31,252 | £3,370 |
| 3 | Hillingdon | 64.6/100 | £68 | £37,941 | £2,938 |
| 4 | Barking and Dagenham | 63.6/100 | £82 | £32,433 | £3,542 |
| 5 | Ealing | 62.3/100 | £72 | £33,592 | £3,110 |
| 6 | Harrow | 61.4/100 | £95 | £32,208 | £4,104 |
| 7 | Bexley | 60.6/100 | £93 | £27,441 | £4,018 |
| 8 | Redbridge | 60/100 | £99 | £28,125 | £4,277 |
| 9 | Brent | 58.8/100 | £100 | £32,335 | £4,320 |
| 10 | Hounslow | 55.3/100 | £93 | £38,422 | £4,018 |
| 11 | Bromley | 54.7/100 | £89 | £33,520 | £3,845 |
| 12 | Barnet | 54.6/100 | £106 | £30,926 | £4,579 |
| 13 | Waltham Forest | 53.2/100 | £107 | £28,880 | £4,622 |
| 14 | Sutton | 52.7/100 | £105 | £35,113 | £4,536 |
| 15 | Greenwich | 52.2/100 | £90 | £30,787 | £3,888 |
| 16 | Haringey | 52.1/100 | £108 | £27,716 | £4,666 |
| 17 | Croydon | 52.1/100 | £103 | £34,987 | £4,450 |
| 18 | Merton | 51.3/100 | £132 | £32,983 | £5,702 |
| 19 | Kingston upon Thames | 50.1/100 | £106 | £36,898 | £4,579 |
| 20 | Lewisham | 47.3/100 | £92 | £34,965 | £3,974 |
| 21 | Newham | 46.8/100 | £93 | £39,117 | £4,018 |
| 22 | Islington | 44.2/100 | £76 | £49,624 | £3,283 |
| 23 | Richmond upon Thames | 43.4/100 | £129 | £35,263 | £5,573 |
| 24 | Wandsworth | 42.7/100 | £106 | £37,534 | £4,579 |
| 25 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 40.9/100 | £107 | £44,042 | £4,622 |
| 26 | Kensington and Chelsea | 39.1/100 | £135 | £38,541 | £5,832 |
| 27 | Camden | 37.4/100 | £136 | £48,822 | £5,875 |
| 28 | Lambeth | 33.8/100 | £137 | £42,039 | £5,918 |
| 29 | Southwark | 30/100 | £136 | £47,136 | £5,875 |
| 30 | Hackney | 28.1/100 | £195 | £37,736 | £8,424 |
| 31 | Tower Hamlets | 21/100 | £153 | £59,974 | £6,610 |
| 32 | Westminster | 11.1/100 | £253 | £49,973 | £10,930 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for vehicle repair garage premises in London?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in London is £52/m²/yr in Havering. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Havering ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for vehicle repair garage in Havering?
- For a 100 m² unit in Havering, business rates are roughly £2,246/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £5,200/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).