Best areas to open vehicle repair garage in Yorkshire and The Humber
13 Yorkshire and The Humber 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 Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a vehicle repair garage is North Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 88.9/100: premises at £30/m²/yr and local median pay £29,973. York ranks lowest of 13 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 63.5/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for vehicle repair garage: North Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for vehicle repair garage
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Lincolnshire | 88.9/100 | £30 | £29,973 | £1,296 |
| 2 | North East Lincolnshire | 82.5/100 | £36 | £26,631 | £1,555 |
| 3 | North Yorkshire | 81.9/100 | £44 | £29,288 | £1,901 |
| 4 | Calderdale | 81.4/100 | £34 | £30,451 | £1,469 |
| 5 | Kirklees | 79.6/100 | £38 | £28,821 | £1,642 |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 79.5/100 | £33 | £29,355 | £1,426 |
| 7 | Doncaster | 79.1/100 | £43 | £28,928 | £1,858 |
| 8 | Bradford | 76.3/100 | £51 | £29,745 | £2,203 |
| 9 | Rotherham | 75.6/100 | £48 | £29,088 | £2,074 |
| 10 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 73/100 | £36 | £29,790 | £1,555 |
| 11 | Wakefield | 72.7/100 | £68 | £30,950 | £2,938 |
| 12 | Leeds | 65.8/100 | £54 | £32,953 | £2,333 |
| 13 | York | 63.5/100 | £60 | £32,151 | £2,592 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for vehicle repair garage premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £30/m²/yr in North Lincolnshire. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for vehicle repair garage in North Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £1,296/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £3,000/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).