Trends · data through September 2026

Car Dealers in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 769 stores from 608 car dealer chains in the United Kingdom. Toyota grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Tates and Ford Motor Company.

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
608
Tracked stores
769
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked car dealer 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. Toyota and Tates sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 T Toyota logo Toyota ▲1 +14.1%
2 T Tates logo Tates ▲2 +13.6%
3 F Ford Motor Company logo Ford Motor Company ▲3 +13.0%
4 W W J King Garages logo W J King Garages ▲2 +10.8%
5 A Arnold Clark logo Arnold Clark - +5.9%
6 S Steven Eagell Toyota logo Steven Eagell Toyota ▼1 +2.2%
7 S Stoneacre logo Stoneacre - -0.6%
8 E Evans Halshaw Ford logo Evans Halshaw Ford - -1.5%
9 V Vauxhall logo Vauxhall ▲2 -1.9%
10 W We Buy Any Car logo We Buy Any Car - -4.1%
11 H Honda logo Honda ▼1 -18.2%
12 R Renault ▼1 -26.4%
13 S Sytner MINI logo Sytner MINI ▼1 -27.3%
14 S Sytner BMW logo Sytner BMW ▼1 -32.8%
15 W Williams BMW ▼1 -38.0%
  • Arnold Clark
  • We Buy Any Car
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Pentagon
  • Renault
  • Trade Centre UK
  • Sytner BMW
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

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

  • Arnold Clark (41)
  • We Buy Any Car (8)
  • Ford Motor Company (27)
  • Pentagon (3)
  • Renault (6)
  • Trade Centre UK (2)
  • Sytner BMW (8)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Arnold Clark logo Arnold Clark 41
  • 2 F Ford Motor Company logo Ford Motor Company 27
  • 3 T Toyota logo Toyota 10
  • 4 W We Buy Any Car logo We Buy Any Car 8
  • 5 S Sytner BMW logo Sytner BMW 8
  • 6 V Volkswagen logo Volkswagen 8
  • 7 R Renault 6
  • 8 S Steven Eagell Toyota logo Steven Eagell Toyota 6
  • 9 S Stoneacre logo Stoneacre 6
  • 10 V Vauxhall logo Vauxhall 5
  • 11 S Sytner MINI logo Sytner MINI 5
  • 12 W W J King Garages logo W J King Garages 4
  • 13 N Nissan logo Nissan 4
  • 14 P Pentagon 3
  • 15 H Honda logo Honda 3
  • 16 T Tates logo Tates 3
  • 17 H Hyundai logo Hyundai 3
  • 18 W Williams BMW 3
  • 19 E Evans Halshaw Ford logo Evans Halshaw Ford 3
  • 20 S Stratstone BMW 2
  • 21 S SEAT 2
  • 22 M Motorsave 2
  • 23 S Stoneacre Ford logo Stoneacre Ford 2
  • 24 T TrustFord logo TrustFord 2
  • 25 C Carbase 2
  • 26 S Sytner logo Sytner 2
  • 27 C Chorley Group 2
  • 28 G Group 1 Ford 2
  • 29 K Kia logo Kia 2
  • 30 L Listers Volkswagen logo Listers Volkswagen 2
  • 31 T The Trade Centre Wales 2
  • 32 K Keith Motors 2
  • 33 T Trade Centre UK 2
  • 34 B Baylis Vauxhall 2
  • 35 R Richmond MG 2
  • 36 T The Trade Centre UK 2
  • 37 G Group 1 Kia 2
  • 38 S Sytner BMW MINI 1
  • 39 W Westerham Garage 1
  • 40 S Sandicliffe Nissan Loughborough 1
  • 41 R Rix Motor Company 1
  • 42 D Desborough Car Co 1
  • 43 C Chandlers MINI 1
  • 44 P Preston Audi 1
  • 45 D Drive Hyundai 1
  • 46 B Blackburn Audi 1
  • 47 B Berry Chiswick BMW 1
  • 48 D D. M. Keith Honda 1
  • 49 P Peugeot EMG Croydon 1
  • 50 L Lipscomb Cars Ltd 1

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