Best areas to open car showroom in West Midlands
28 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 car showroom in West Midlands?
In West Midlands, the best area to open a car showroom is Malvern Hills, with a Gera Business Location Score of 87.9/100: premises at £76/m²/yr and local median pay £27,744. Solihull ranks lowest of 28 West Midlands authorities at 61.8/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top West Midlands area for car showroom: Malvern Hills.
How this is calculatedWest Midlands ranked for car showroom
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malvern Hills | 87.9/100 | £76 | £27,744 | £3,283 |
| 2 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 87.7/100 | £54 | £26,204 | £2,333 |
| 3 | Herefordshire, County of | 87.5/100 | £80 | £28,366 | £3,456 |
| 4 | Shropshire | 86.5/100 | £90 | £28,397 | £3,888 |
| 5 | Bromsgrove | 85.5/100 | £95 | £27,494 | £4,104 |
| 6 | Wyre Forest | 85.3/100 | £68 | £27,346 | £2,938 |
| 7 | Wychavon | 83.8/100 | £89 | £32,022 | £3,845 |
| 8 | Stafford | 82.7/100 | £94 | £28,523 | £4,061 |
| 9 | East Staffordshire | 81.7/100 | £86 | £31,048 | £3,715 |
| 10 | Lichfield | 81.5/100 | £84 | £28,845 | £3,629 |
| 11 | Cannock Chase | 81/100 | £82 | £29,719 | £3,542 |
| 12 | Stoke-on-Trent | 80.9/100 | £98 | £30,767 | £4,234 |
| 13 | Sandwell | 79.8/100 | £96 | £28,766 | £4,147 |
| 14 | Dudley | 79.3/100 | £81 | £29,071 | £3,499 |
| 15 | Redditch | 78.8/100 | £105 | £30,780 | £4,536 |
| 16 | Telford and Wrekin | 77.5/100 | £81 | £30,601 | £3,499 |
| 17 | Walsall | 76.8/100 | £83 | £28,691 | £3,586 |
| 18 | Stratford-on-Avon | 76.1/100 | £103 | £42,929 | £4,450 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton | 75.7/100 | £93 | £32,053 | £4,018 |
| 20 | Rugby | 74.5/100 | £107 | £36,417 | £4,622 |
| 21 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 73.9/100 | £99 | £27,238 | £4,277 |
| 22 | Worcester | 73.8/100 | £123 | £30,003 | £5,314 |
| 23 | Tamworth | 73.6/100 | £137 | £28,143 | £5,918 |
| 24 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 73.2/100 | £107 | £31,319 | £4,622 |
| 25 | Warwick | 68.5/100 | £104 | £33,616 | £4,493 |
| 26 | Birmingham | 68.5/100 | £107 | £33,374 | £4,622 |
| 27 | Coventry | 67.7/100 | £115 | £35,124 | £4,968 |
| 28 | Solihull | 61.8/100 | £133 | £35,794 | £5,746 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for car showroom premises in West Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in West Midlands is £54/m²/yr in Staffordshire Moorlands. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Malvern Hills ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for car showroom in Malvern Hills?
- For a 100 m² unit in Malvern Hills, business rates are roughly £3,283/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £7,600/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).