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As of 4 November 2026, 22,800 vehicle & parts retail are based in United Kingdom; 131 are hiring right now and London has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 22,800
- Hiring now
- 131 · 42 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Used car dealerships · 8,754
- Top city
- London · 252
- Parent market
- Automotive · 55,596
Vehicle & parts retail in United Kingdom, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Used car dealerships | 8,754 | 38% |
| Online auto parts shops | 4,282 | 19% |
| Franchised car dealerships | 1,597 | 7% |
| Luxury & classic car dealers | 1,352 | 6% |
| Auto parts distributors | 1,274 | 6% |
| Tire & wheel retailers | 1,272 | 6% |
| Other vehicle & parts retail | 1,212 | 5% |
| Motorcycle parts retail | 1,189 | 5% |
| Motorcycle dealerships | 1,008 | 4% |
| Scrap car buyers | 944 | 4% |
| Car buying services | 919 | 4% |
| Commercial vehicle dealers | 894 | 4% |
| Vehicle dismantlers | 627 | 3% |
| Offroad & performance parts shops | 599 | 3% |
| Caravan & motorhome dealers | 577 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 4,105 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 16,947 · 17 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,105 · 16 |
| 51-200 employees | 388 · 40 |
| 201-500 employees | 160 · 25 |
| 501-1000 employees | 48 · 14 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 34 · 13 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 6 · 3 |
| 10,001+ employees | 7 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| London | 252 | 1% |
| Birmingham | 193 | 1% |
| Bristol | 125 | 1% |
| Sheffield | 111 | 0% |
| Bradford | 108 | 0% |
| Glasgow | 93 | 0% |
| Leicester | 88 | 0% |
| Leeds | 65 | 0% |
| Coventry | 64 | 0% |
| Rode | 60 | 0% |
| Liverpool | 54 | 0% |
| Luton | 52 | 0% |
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The stack of vehicle & parts retail in United Kingdom
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22,800 vehicle & parts retail are based in United Kingdom; 131 are hiring right now and London has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/automotive/united-kingdom/vehicle_and_parts_retail)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Vehicle & parts retail in United Kingdom: questions
How many vehicle & parts retail are there in United Kingdom?
22,800 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Automotive → Vehicle & parts retail → leaf niches such as used car dealerships, online auto parts shops, franchised car dealerships. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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