Best areas to open tyre & exhaust centre in West Midlands
23 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 tyre and exhaust centre in West Midlands?
In West Midlands, the best area to open a tyre and exhaust centre is Herefordshire, County of, with a Gera Business Location Score of 81.4/100: premises at £56/m²/yr and local median pay £28,366. Warwick ranks lowest of 23 West Midlands authorities at 44.6/100. From 2025 UK government open data; re-dated annually.
Gera Business Location Score
Top West Midlands area for tyre & exhaust centre: Herefordshire, County of.
How this is calculatedWest Midlands ranked for tyre & exhaust centre
| # | Local authority | GBLS | Rent (£/m²/yr) | Local pay | Rates / 100 m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herefordshire, County of | 81.4/100 | £56 | £28,366 | £2,419 |
| 2 | Shropshire | 77.6/100 | £66 | £28,397 | £2,851 |
| 3 | Wychavon | 74.2/100 | £64 | £32,022 | £2,765 |
| 4 | Wyre Forest | 74.2/100 | £69 | £27,346 | £2,981 |
| 5 | Bromsgrove | 71.5/100 | £83 | £27,494 | £3,586 |
| 6 | Stoke-on-Trent | 70.5/100 | £69 | £30,767 | £2,981 |
| 7 | Stafford | 68.8/100 | £81 | £28,523 | £3,499 |
| 8 | Cannock Chase | 66.9/100 | £78 | £29,719 | £3,370 |
| 9 | Worcester | 66.7/100 | £64 | £30,003 | £2,765 |
| 10 | Walsall | 65.2/100 | £71 | £28,691 | £3,067 |
| 11 | Dudley | 64.9/100 | £79 | £29,071 | £3,413 |
| 12 | Tamworth | 64.1/100 | £76 | £28,143 | £3,283 |
| 13 | Redditch | 63.4/100 | £85 | £30,780 | £3,672 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton | 62.7/100 | £74 | £32,053 | £3,197 |
| 15 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 62.2/100 | £71 | £31,319 | £3,067 |
| 16 | Telford and Wrekin | 61.8/100 | £81 | £30,601 | £3,499 |
| 17 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 58.1/100 | £88 | £27,238 | £3,802 |
| 18 | East Staffordshire | 56.7/100 | £110 | £31,048 | £4,752 |
| 19 | Sandwell | 55.7/100 | £111 | £28,766 | £4,795 |
| 20 | Coventry | 52.2/100 | £82 | £35,124 | £3,542 |
| 21 | Stratford-on-Avon | 51.6/100 | £100 | £42,929 | £4,320 |
| 22 | Birmingham | 49/100 | £94 | £33,374 | £4,061 |
| 23 | Warwick | 44.6/100 | £106 | £33,616 | £4,579 |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest area for tyre & exhaust centre premises in West Midlands?
- The lowest VOA rateable value for this property type in West Midlands is £56/m²/yr in Herefordshire, County of. On the combined Gera Business Location Score, which also weighs wages and demand, Herefordshire, County of ranks #1.
- How much are business rates for tyre & exhaust centre in Herefordshire, County of?
- For a 100 m² unit in Herefordshire, County of, business rates are roughly £2,419/yr at the 2026-27 small-business multiplier (43.2p), on top of about £5,600/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).