Monthly changes to our UK Car Dealership Database - Franchise Dealer & Dealer Groups.
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June 2024’s update totals 193 changes across the UK Vehicle dealership networks. We’ve broken the movements down by vehicle type in the graphic below:
The geographical changes by location for June 2024 are illustrated in the map view:
The pie chart demonstrates how the changes occurred across the different site types for the month:
We track changes over multiple categories, we’ve included a few to demonstrate how these can be broken down:
Let’s face it, a Dealership trend report is a useful ally if you are involved in network planning activities. Spotting opportunities without the right data can, however lead to lost opportunities and inefficiencies. Enter our Dealership report for May 2024. Used with previous months data, it can help spot trends and give insight that others may have missed. This month for example, we’ve racked up 273 changes (vs 394 in April). Have we been lazy? No. It’s just been a little quieter than previously.
The updates to Dealership by type of vehicle have declined over the past month. April’s figures are shown in brackets: Car 128 (198), HGV 2, (10), LCV 62 (94) and Motorcycle/ATV 81 (93).
The map shows the geographical changes by location.
Our report on data updates by site type shows Dealerships making up most of the changes for this month at 58%, a miniscule decrease from the previous month (57%). Aftersales is represented at 26% (vs 23%), used at 7% (9%) and the ‘other’ category down at 6% (10%).
Never suffering from a lack of categories in our dataset, we monitor and report on a multitude. For May 2024, we’ve recorded the following: 105 franchises appointed (vs April at 91), 80 franchises relinquished (vs April at 96), 3 dealership relocations (vs 17 in April) and 9 name changes (vs 42 in April).
JS Management makes it easy to track Dealership locations with our data. Here we’re reporting movements UK wide, across many different categories and vehicle types. If you have the time, you can easily compile Dealership trend reports by looking at our previous updates. In this post we are representing changes through March 2024.
Dealership changes by type of vehicle have increased overall from 388 to 423 since February (breakdown figures are shown in brackets). Car 201 (262), HGV 5, (16), LCV 49 (41) and Motorcycle/ATV 168 (69).
The UK map clearly reports where the changes have occured through March 2024
This months changes in data by site type report Dealerships taking up a fair chunk of the movements for the month at 64%, an increase from the previous month (52%). Aftersales is represented at 23% (vs 29%), used at 6% (5%) and the ‘other’ category down to 5% vs 10% in February.
As we wind down our report for March, we’ll end with changes by franchise category. There are 96 changes by franchise appointed (vs 81 in December), 138 franchises relinquished (vs 85) and 25 site relocations (vs 16) in the previous month). Group Acquisitions, have reduced somewhat this monh, totalling 10 (vs 54 previously).
Our update for February 2024 gives an insight into the increases across the network since January. This month we have seen an increase of 81 in total. This represents 18 changes per business day.
Dealerships by type of vehicle have increased since January (figures are shown in brackets). Car 262 (186), HGV 16, (11), LCV 41 (34) and Motorcycle/ATV 69 (76).
February’s account of where the movements occured physically is shown in the map image.
Changes by site type shows Dealerships taking up the majority of the movements for this month at 52%, a slight decrease from the previous month (49%). Aftersales is represented at 29% (vs 34%), used at 5% (8%) and the ‘other’ category 10% vs 7% in January.
Finalising Februay’s figures we’re showing changes by franchise category. We’ve totalled 81 changes by franchise appointed (vs 49 in December), 85 franchises relinquished (vs 102) and 16 site relocations (vs 20) in the previous month). Significantly up though are Group Acquisitions, coming in at 54 (vs 12 previously).
January 2024’s numbers are steadily rising over the previous month. Across the dealership networks, we’ve recorded 307 changes (vs 227 previously) for this month alone. This represents 13 changes per business day.
Changes to Dealership by type of vehicle has increased since December, with the exception of the LCV category, which has shown a decrease of 23 changes. Decembers figures are shown in brackets: Car 186 (139), HGV 11, (3) and Motorcycle/ATV 76 (28).
We’ve mapped out the Dealership changes for January on the UK map graphic above.
The data update by site type shows Dealerships taking up the bulk of the changes for this month at 49%, a slight decrease from the previous month (52%). Aftersales is represented at 34% (vs 30%), used at 8% (9%) and the ‘other’ category the same at 7%.
We conclude Januarys figures with an update to the changes by franchise category. We’ve totalled 49 changes by franchise appointed (vs 69 in December), 102 franchises relinquished (vs 52) and 20 site relocations (vs 7 in the previous month).
The December Dealership network update brings a fairly quiet close to the year. We recorded 227 changes for this month vs November’s figure of 288. Thats 12 changes per business day.
The updates to Dealership by type of vehicle have declined since November, with the exception of the LCV category, which has shown an increase of 22 changes. Novembers figures are shown in brackets: Car 139 (169), HGV 3, (14) and Motorcycle/ATV 28 (70).
Dealership location changes for December are illustrated on the UK Map in the graphic above.
December 2023’s data update by site type is as usual, dominated by Dealerships. 52% in fact. Marginally down from from the November figure of 55%. This month aftersales sites show a significant increase over the previous month, 30% (from 18%). The used figure of 9% is similar to previous one at 7%. The ‘others’ category has shrunk from 19% to just 7% this month.
Finising off with the update with changes by franchise category, we’ve totalled 69 changes by franchise appointed (vs 67 in November), 52 franchises relinquished (vs 49) and 7 site relocations (vs 17 in the previous month).
A quiet November across the vehicle Dealership networks. This months movements produced 288 changes, giving us a reduction of 105 vs October.
Updates to dealerships by type of vehicle are represented in the graphic above. We recorded 169 (213) for car, 35 LCV (64), 14 HGV (24) and 70 motorcycle and ATV (92). Octobers figures are shown in brackets.
November 2023’s updates by Dealership location are represented in the UK map above. In this image, it is easy to see exacly where in the country the changes occured. Existing clients clients can easily toggle different categories of Dealerships on and off, as well as identifying trends and specifics via date ranges.
This months (again, we’re showing October in brackets) data update by site type identifies Dealerships as the biggest movers at 55% (54%), aftersales 18% (19%), Sales 1% (3%) and used 7% (10%). Changes in ‘other’ categories 19% vs 14% in October.
When it comes to breaking data down by a multitude of different categories, we’re certainly not shy. This sample demonstrates a few of the datasets available. 67 franchises appointed (vs October at 74), 49 franchises relinquished (vs October at 37).
For a small annual subscription, we also produce a bi monthy dealership report. This is particularly useful for those who wish to use frequent change data for prospecting car dealerships, you can see more on the detail of that report here.
The October Dealership Analysis Report shows an increase in activity over September. We’re up closer to 400 changes, giving us an increase of precisely 41.
Breaking the month down for changes by type of vehicle, we’ve totted up 213 on passenger car, 64 on light commercials, 24 on heavy goods vehicles, and finally 92 on motorcycle and ATV. This gives us more than 18 every business day.
This months fluctuations in the Dealership network can be conveniently represented across the UK, as we demonstrate here in our map. Clients can easily toggle between different data sets in our Autosites platform. It’s as easy as checking a box (really!). If you are an SMMT data subscriber, you could overlay this with registration data.
Breaking the data down by site type, we can see that Dealerships report the largest change category change at 54%, aftesales sites come in second with 19%, used sites at 10% and sales (new) at just 3%. Others, (which is a mixed bag of additional categories we track) come in at 14%.
October’s monthly numbers by franchise category demonstrate our ability to provide insight, by tracking a plethora of different categories. In the mix for this month we’ve uncovered 74 franchises appointed (vs Septembers 58), 37 franchises relinquished (vs Septembers 82).
We also produce a bi monthly report of data changes by the different categories. Very reasonably priced, and delivered straight to the users inbox. Ideal for those who want to use our data for prospecting dealerships, based on their change profile. As well as a detailed .csv file, there is a pdf report explaining the contextual relationship across the various brands.
See you in November.
Less activity for September 2023’s Dealership Analysis Report, giving us some 352 changes accross the networks. We can report a slight uplift in the numbers for HGV and Motorcycle though.
For September 2023, changes by vehicle type are represented thus: Car - 199, LCV - 51, HGV - 17, Motorcycle - 85. This equates to 16 changes per working day for the period.
Map - UK Dealership Changes By Location September 2023
Not wishing to leave our clients without the full picture, we’ve plotted September’s changes on a UK map. For users of the full product, drive data is available. This makes it easy to visualise distance between any multiple of different queries.
Although the overall numbers are down, this months changes by site type show similar percentages to August, across all sites.
September’s month changes by category, provide an insight into another available data set. Since there are over 20 of these categories, we’ve just picked out a few to keep things concise. September gives us 56 vehicle franchises appointed (vs 79 in August) and 82 relinquished (vs 108 in August).
Our bi monthly dealership update report is useful for those who are interested in a detailed representation of ‘what’s changed’. A trend tracker if you will. More details are available: https://www.jsmanagement.com/franchised-dealership-update-report
Until next month…
August 2023’s UK dealership analysis, brings some 470 changes into focus. Autosites brings you a snapshot of essential data, for those planning for the imminent changes faced within our industry.
August’s changes by vehicle type are broken down as follows: Car - 280, LCV - 86, HGV - 11 and Motorcyle and ATV 93. These figures amount to 21 changes every business day.
Map - UK Dealership Changes By Location August 2023
What good would it be if you couldn’t see where the movements took place? Our map displays an image of the precise location the changes took place. Our subscribers can easily zoom in and see the drive distance between dealerships.
Digging into changes by site type, we can see car dealerships dominating the landscape. For August 2023, we’re up from 48 to 52% on dealerships alone. The picture for aftersales is different with August’s figures down on July (45 vs 23%).
Looking at the changes by category for August, we’ve seen 79 vehicle franchises appointed (vs 69 in July), and 108 relinquished (vs 162 in July). We track a variety of other cataegories in the dataset also.
For businesses that want to see detailed information on a bi monthly basis, our dealership analysis report fits the bill.
For a more in depth picture our dealership database, which powers Autosites - we can report on daily changes across the entire UK vehicle networks.
The Dealership Analysis report for July 2023 brings another 413 changes for the month. Representing 19 changes per day, covering vehicle types : Car, LCV, HGV , Motorcycles and ATV. The image below provides a graphic representation.
A quieter month this one, totalling 284 changes across the Car dealership landscape. For LCV’s, the figure is similar to June, albeit a slight uplift. The spike in HGV’s is a one off & due to a reprofiling of a single manufacturers site categories.
For July’s changes by site type, unusually we have aftersales beating out dealership figures. These are 10% up over June’s figures. July’s Dealership changes are down 17% over those in June.
Working through July’s Change By Franchise Category, we can report 69 franchised appointments (vs 48 in June) and 162 relinquished (219 in June). There are numerous other categories we track, far too many to mention here.
Some businesss may wish to see analysis on just the sites that have changed over a given period. For this, we have a standard dealershp analysis report, which is produced bi monthly. For a fuller and more detailed picture, our dealership database access has the functionality to report on all brands across the UK’s Car, LCV, HGV, Motorcycles and ATV networks..
In our car dealership analysis report for June 2023, we’ve recorded 450+ changes across the UK franchised network, racking up over 20 on a daily basis. The image below, shows those changes by type of vehicle.
Car Dealerships usualy command the most attention, and this month is no exception. There are 284 for car, 63 for LCV, 14 for HGV & 96 for Motorcycles and ATV.
In the image above we demonstrate where those 457 Dealership location changes have occured in the UK.
June 2023 - data changes by site type. Again, Dealerships registering the most movement, this figure is slightly down on May. Aftersales sites however, have shown an increase over the previous month (30% from 22%). Used car site data shows a decrease this month from 5% from 12% over May 2023.
Looking at Junes figures by franchise category, franchises relinquished have doubled over the previous month. Along with franchises appointed 76 (in May) vs just 48 this month.
For those who wish to drill down further, we produce a dealership analysis report on a bi monthly basis. This provides a more detailed view of the changes by category. For subsribers of our full dataset, we have data available to track trends across the entire UK dealership networks. We cover all brands - Car, LCV, HGV, Motorcycles and ATV.
