Best areas to open vehicle repair garage in West Midlands
30 West Midlands 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 West Midlands?
In West Midlands, the best area to open a vehicle repair garage is Herefordshire, County of, with a Gera Business Location Score of 86.1/100: premises at £42/m²/yr and local median pay £28,366. Solihull ranks lowest of 30 West Midlands authorities at 60.7/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top West Midlands area for vehicle repair garage: Herefordshire, County of.
How this is calculatedWest Midlands ranked for vehicle repair garage
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herefordshire, County of | 86.1/100 | £42 | £28,366 | £1,814 |
| 2 | Shropshire | 85.9/100 | £41 | £28,397 | £1,771 |
| 3 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 85.3/100 | £39 | £26,204 | £1,685 |
| 4 | Malvern Hills | 84.2/100 | £53 | £27,744 | £2,290 |
| 5 | Stafford | 82/100 | £44 | £28,523 | £1,901 |
| 6 | Wyre Forest | 81.9/100 | £49 | £27,346 | £2,117 |
| 7 | Bromsgrove | 81.5/100 | £61 | £27,494 | £2,635 |
| 8 | North Warwickshire | 81.4/100 | £59 | £34,564 | £2,549 |
| 9 | Stoke-on-Trent | 81.2/100 | £40 | £30,767 | £1,728 |
| 10 | Wychavon | 79.8/100 | £59 | £32,022 | £2,549 |
| 11 | Lichfield | 79.7/100 | £47 | £28,845 | £2,030 |
| 12 | East Staffordshire | 78.9/100 | £52 | £31,048 | £2,246 |
| 13 | Sandwell | 78.1/100 | £50 | £28,766 | £2,160 |
| 14 | Dudley | 77.7/100 | £45 | £29,071 | £1,944 |
| 15 | Cannock Chase | 77.5/100 | £55 | £29,719 | £2,376 |
| 16 | Redditch | 76.4/100 | £57 | £30,780 | £2,462 |
| 17 | South Staffordshire | 75.9/100 | £45 | £28,259 | £1,944 |
| 18 | Telford and Wrekin | 75.5/100 | £47 | £30,601 | £2,030 |
| 19 | Walsall | 74.9/100 | £48 | £28,691 | £2,074 |
| 20 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 73.9/100 | £44 | £27,238 | £1,901 |
| 21 | Wolverhampton | 73.6/100 | £52 | £32,053 | £2,246 |
| 22 | Tamworth | 73.1/100 | £59 | £28,143 | £2,549 |
| 23 | Rugby | 72.6/100 | £55 | £36,417 | £2,376 |
| 24 | Stratford-on-Avon | 72/100 | £64 | £42,929 | £2,765 |
| 25 | Worcester | 71.4/100 | £64 | £30,003 | £2,765 |
| 26 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 70.2/100 | £62 | £31,319 | £2,678 |
| 27 | Birmingham | 68/100 | £50 | £33,374 | £2,160 |
| 28 | Coventry | 66.5/100 | £56 | £35,124 | £2,419 |
| 29 | Warwick | 63.3/100 | £73 | £33,616 | £3,154 |
| 30 | Solihull | 60.7/100 | £62 | £35,794 | £2,678 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for vehicle repair garage premises in West Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in West Midlands is £39/m²/yr in Staffordshire Moorlands. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Herefordshire, County of ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for vehicle repair garage in Herefordshire, County of?
- For a 100 m² unit in Herefordshire, County of, business rates are roughly £1,814/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £4,200/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).