Trends · data through July 2026

Car Dealers in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 566 stores from 442 car dealers chains in the United Kingdom. Mercedes-Benz grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Arnold Clark and Sytner BMW.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
442
Tracked stores
566
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked car dealers chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Mercedes-Benz and Arnold Clark sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 M Mercedes-Benz logo Mercedes-Benz - +19.4%
2 A Arnold Clark - +15.1%
3 S Sytner BMW ▲2 +1.8%
4 W W J King Garages - -2.4%
5 S Steven Eagell Toyota - -3.0%
6 W Williams BMW - -8.8%
7 F Ford Motor Company logo Ford Motor Company ▼1 -11.7%
8 W We Buy Any Car - -13.1%
9 S Sytner MINI - -15.0%
10 A Audi logo Audi - -15.9%
11 B BMW logo BMW ▼1 -16.4%
  • We Buy Any Car
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • Arnold Clark
  • Audi
  • Sytner MINI
  • Sytner BMW
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

566 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • We Buy Any Car (7)
  • Mercedes-Benz (12)
  • Arnold Clark (18)
  • Audi (12)
  • Sytner MINI (5)
  • Sytner BMW (6)
  • Ford Motor Company (22)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 F Ford Motor Company logo Ford Motor Company 22
  • 2 A Arnold Clark 18
  • 3 M Mercedes-Benz logo Mercedes-Benz 12
  • 4 A Audi logo Audi 12
  • 5 W We Buy Any Car 7
  • 6 V Volkswagen 7
  • 7 S Sytner BMW 6
  • 8 B BMW logo BMW 6
  • 9 S Sytner MINI 5
  • 10 T Toyota 5
  • 11 S Steven Eagell Toyota 5
  • 12 W W J King Garages 4
  • 13 S Stoneacre 4
  • 14 M MINI 4
  • 15 W Williams BMW 3
  • 16 T Tates 3
  • 17 W Whites 3
  • 18 E Evans Halshaw Ford 3
  • 19 S SEAT 2
  • 20 M Motorsave 2
  • 21 H Hyundai logo Hyundai 2
  • 22 N Nissan logo Nissan 2
  • 23 M Marshall Audi 2
  • 24 K Kia logo Kia 2
  • 25 T Trade Centre UK 2
  • 26 K Keith Motors 2
  • 27 R Renault 2
  • 28 R Richmond MG 2
  • 29 S Syston Sports 1
  • 30 F Focus Motor Store 1
  • 31 A Arnold Clark BYD 1
  • 32 W William Dunnet & Co Ford 1
  • 33 W Wessex Kia 1
  • 34 C Car Planet 1
  • 35 G Glasgow Audi 1
  • 36 B Bristol Cars 1
  • 37 T The Collection 1
  • 38 B Berry MINI Heathrow 1
  • 39 H Harrisons of Whitby 1
  • 40 W West Way Nissan 1
  • 41 W Waringstown Car Sales 1
  • 42 C Canterbury Kia 1
  • 43 B Bristol Street Motors Vauxhall 1
  • 44 M Moulsham Motor Co. 1
  • 45 G Grimsby Cars 1
  • 46 W W J King Vauxhall Farningham 1
  • 47 E EMG Motor Group 1
  • 48 D Dinnages Ford 1
  • 49 A Audi York 1
  • 50 T Toyota Darlington 1

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