Best areas to open tyre & exhaust centre in North West
28 North West local authorities ranked by the Gera Business Location Score — real rent, wages, rates and market density.
Where is the best place to open a tyre and exhaust centre in North West?
In North West, the best area to open a tyre and exhaust centre is Oldham, with a Gera Business Location Score of 75.6/100: premises at £50/m²/yr and local median pay £27,990. Liverpool ranks lowest of 28 North West authorities at 42.9/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top North West area for tyre & exhaust centre: Oldham.
How this is calculatedNorth West ranked for tyre & exhaust centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oldham | 75.6/100 | £50 | £27,990 | £2,160 |
| 2 | Hyndburn | 74.5/100 | £69 | £27,323 | £2,981 |
| 3 | Cumberland | 72.3/100 | £45 | £34,890 | £1,944 |
| 4 | Pendle | 72/100 | £74 | £28,099 | £3,197 |
| 5 | West Lancashire | 71.7/100 | £61 | £28,909 | £2,635 |
| 6 | Westmorland and Furness | 70.6/100 | £53 | £32,683 | £2,290 |
| 7 | Blackburn with Darwen | 70.5/100 | £71 | £30,572 | £3,067 |
| 8 | Chorley | 69.7/100 | £68 | £29,415 | £2,938 |
| 9 | Rochdale | 66/100 | £65 | £29,036 | £2,808 |
| 10 | Bury | 65.6/100 | £81 | £29,060 | £3,499 |
| 11 | Lancaster | 65.4/100 | £63 | £29,091 | £2,722 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 64.7/100 | £64 | £27,064 | £2,765 |
| 13 | Bolton | 64.5/100 | £83 | £27,696 | £3,586 |
| 14 | Wigan | 62.9/100 | £81 | £28,003 | £3,499 |
| 15 | Preston | 61.9/100 | £71 | £32,655 | £3,067 |
| 16 | Tameside | 61.3/100 | £76 | £27,115 | £3,283 |
| 17 | Cheshire East | 60.7/100 | £84 | £33,200 | £3,629 |
| 18 | Stockport | 60.6/100 | £87 | £28,296 | £3,758 |
| 19 | Sefton | 60.1/100 | £74 | £27,006 | £3,197 |
| 20 | Cheshire West and Chester | 59/100 | £79 | £30,636 | £3,413 |
| 21 | Wirral | 59/100 | £65 | £28,840 | £2,808 |
| 22 | Warrington | 58.5/100 | £82 | £34,719 | £3,542 |
| 23 | St. Helens | 55.6/100 | £88 | £28,468 | £3,802 |
| 24 | Trafford | 54.8/100 | £86 | £31,516 | £3,715 |
| 25 | Halton | 53/100 | £79 | £32,465 | £3,413 |
| 26 | Salford | 48.1/100 | £80 | £34,741 | £3,456 |
| 27 | Manchester | 45.3/100 | £78 | £36,554 | £3,370 |
| 28 | Liverpool | 42.9/100 | £85 | £33,648 | £3,672 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for tyre & exhaust centre premises in North West?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in North West is £45/m²/yr in Cumberland. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Oldham ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for tyre & exhaust centre in Oldham?
- For a 100 m² unit in Oldham, business rates are roughly £2,160/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £5,000/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).