Best areas to open car showroom 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 car showroom in Yorkshire and The Humber?
In Yorkshire and The Humber, the best area to open a car showroom is North Lincolnshire, with a Gera Business Location Score of 90.1/100: premises at £48/m²/yr and local median pay £29,973. York ranks lowest of 13 Yorkshire and The Humber authorities at 68/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top Yorkshire and The Humber area for car showroom: North Lincolnshire.
How this is calculatedYorkshire and The Humber ranked for car showroom
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Lincolnshire | 90.1/100 | £48 | £29,973 | £2,074 |
| 2 | North Yorkshire | 85/100 | £57 | £29,288 | £2,462 |
| 3 | North East Lincolnshire | 84.4/100 | £50 | £26,631 | £2,160 |
| 4 | Calderdale | 83.2/100 | £47 | £30,451 | £2,030 |
| 5 | Kirklees | 81.1/100 | £62 | £28,821 | £2,678 |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 80.9/100 | £49 | £29,355 | £2,117 |
| 7 | Bradford | 80.8/100 | £54 | £29,745 | £2,333 |
| 8 | Doncaster | 80.4/100 | £80 | £28,928 | £3,456 |
| 9 | Wakefield | 79.3/100 | £70 | £30,950 | £3,024 |
| 10 | Rotherham | 79.1/100 | £59 | £29,088 | £2,549 |
| 11 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 74.3/100 | £54 | £29,790 | £2,333 |
| 12 | Leeds | 69.1/100 | £77 | £32,953 | £3,326 |
| 13 | York | 68/100 | £74 | £32,151 | £3,197 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for car showroom premises in Yorkshire and The Humber?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Yorkshire and The Humber is £47/m²/yr in Calderdale. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, North Lincolnshire ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for car showroom in North Lincolnshire?
- For a 100 m² unit in North Lincolnshire, business rates are roughly £2,074/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £4,800/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).