Best areas to open commercial garage in Wales
21 Wales local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a commercial transport garage in Wales?
In Wales, the best area to open a commercial transport garage is Powys, with a Gera Business Location Score of 92/100: premises at £26/m²/yr and local median pay £26,839. Cardiff / Caerdydd ranks lowest of 21 Wales authorities at 67.3/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Wales ranked for commercial garage
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powys | 92/100 | £26 | £26,839 | £1,123 |
| 2 | Ceredigion | 89.1/100 | £28 | £27,868 | £1,210 |
| 3 | Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin | 86.1/100 | £28 | £29,835 | £1,210 |
| 4 | Conwy | 84.5/100 | £35 | £26,961 | £1,512 |
| 5 | Flintshire / Sir y Fflint | 83.2/100 | £31 | £34,480 | £1,339 |
| 6 | Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro | 83/100 | £26 | £26,535 | £1,123 |
| 7 | Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy | 81.9/100 | £21 | £32,805 | £907 |
| 8 | Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych | 81.8/100 | £33 | £27,011 | £1,426 |
| 9 | Gwynedd | 81.4/100 | £24 | £25,217 | £1,037 |
| 10 | Blaenau Gwent | 79.1/100 | £25 | £26,241 | £1,080 |
| 11 | Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn | 78.7/100 | £24 | £29,867 | £1,037 |
| 12 | Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr | 78.4/100 | £39 | £30,377 | £1,685 |
| 13 | Wrexham / Wrecsam | 77.6/100 | £31 | £30,080 | £1,339 |
| 14 | Torfaen / Tor-faen | 77.3/100 | £43 | £31,105 | £1,858 |
| 15 | Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful | 75.5/100 | £5 | £27,843 | £216 |
| 16 | Swansea / Abertawe | 75.4/100 | £28 | £31,348 | £1,210 |
| 17 | Caerphilly / Caerffili | 75.2/100 | £28 | £28,187 | £1,210 |
| 18 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 75.1/100 | £21 | £28,454 | £907 |
| 19 | Newport / Casnewydd | 72.8/100 | £36 | £32,340 | £1,555 |
| 20 | Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot | 72.4/100 | £23 | £30,055 | £994 |
| 21 | Cardiff / Caerdydd | 67.3/100 | £44 | £33,599 | £1,901 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for commercial garage premises in Wales?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in Wales is £5/m²/yr in Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Powys ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for commercial garage in Powys?
- For a 100 m² unit in Powys, business rates are roughly £1,123/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £2,600/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).