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Buy a garage or motor trade business in the UK
Garages, MOT stations and dealers that own their own site: eighteen years average trading, and every one of them a freeholder.
- 2,714companies you can search
- 100%trade from premises traceable to HM Land Registry
- 6employees on average
- 18years trading on average
- 43%have a charge outstanding
Figures read from the register data as at 20 August 2026.
How these companies are identified
These companies declare motor trade activity to Companies House and own the premises they work from. No licence is claimed, because the motor trade has no single register of the kind we carry for care or transport.
Why buyers look here
A garage with its own site is a property play with a cash business on it. Eighteen years average trading suggests established local custom, and over four in ten carry charges, which usually means the freehold is already financed and therefore already valued.
What to check
- MOT authorisation sits with the DVSA and is not on any register here; confirm it directly.
- Six employees on average, so key-person risk around a lead technician is real.
- Environmental liability attaches to sites that have stored fuel, oil or solvents.
- The site may be worth more than the trade. Establish which one you are actually buying.
How to search
Choose Motor trade on the search screen and narrow by town, how long the business has traded, how ownership is held, and whether the premises are traceable. Searching is free and shows the shape of each company without naming it. A report on one company costs from £4.90.
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SME44 is an intelligence platform, not an adviser, and nothing here is for sale. Public registers contain errors and delays, and our matching of one register to another can too. Verify anything important against the source register before acting. Nothing here is legal, financial, tax or investment advice.