Dealership Analysis Report May 2023

Our May 2023 Dealership Analysis Report shows an uplift over April in terms of changes. In May, we managed to average some 16 changes daily. That’s a total of 330 for the month.

Car dealerships represent the biggest changes when it comes to changes by type of vehicle. Breaking the numbers down, there are 199 for Car, 37 for LCV, 12 for HGV and 82 for Motorcycles/ATV.

Here we’ve shown how the 330 changes by location have spread out accross the UK. There is less clustering in the capital than last month.

Coming onto changes in data by site type, we’ve seen the most movement in dealerships. However, aftersales sites show an increase over April’s figure of 18%. Changes in used car sales sites are up too (5% in April).

Franchises relinquished are up on April’s figures, as are franchise appointed (50 in April). In our bi monthly dealership analysis report we are able to drill down into the many categories we cover. Our full dataset allows for trend tracking across the dealer networks.

Dealership Analysis Report - April 2023

The UK Dealership Analysis Report for April 2023 presents data across a number of dealership categories. For April, we’ve recorded 265 changes in total.

Breaking the report down across the changes, we have 139 for Car, 27 for LCV, 10 for HGV and 89 for Motorcycles/ATV’s

Aprils changes in location illustrate a reasonable spread accross the country. As usual there are clusters around the capital.

Spreading the changes in data by their site type, the numbers are weighted towards dealerships, the remainder aftersales sites, plus a mixture of used cars and others.

Focusing on the main categories, the UK Dealership Analysis Report for April 2023 highlights a signifiant difference between those relinquishing their franchises and the appointment of new.

For those who need a more detailed dealership trend tracker, we produce a bi monthy subscription here.

Dealership Analysis Report - March 2023

For March 2023 , we’ve racked up some 482 chages via our Dealership Analysis Reporting activities. This represents a decrease on the figures for our February Report.

Not content with beaavering away tracking data, we also visited the 2023 Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC. Well, someone had to give us an excuse to get out!

Analysis of Dealership by Vehicle Type

Breaking down the changes by vehicle type, the 482 break down thus: Car - 224, LCV 95, HGV 32, with Motorcycle and ATV at 131.

Image: Analysis of Dealerships By Vehicle Type March 2023

Reporting on Changes in Data by Site Type

Making sense of data shouldn’t be all time consuming. In this image we demonstrate clearly how thos 482 changes pan out by site type.

Image: Reporting on Changes in Data by Site Type

A Change In Category By Acivity Type? No Problem

There are many reasons for category changes. In the graphic below, we’ve highlighted a few from the many that we monitor.

Image: Change In Category By Acivity Type

A Visualisation of UK Changes By Location

How do the changes stack up across the country? The next image shows changes a visualisation of UK Dealerships by location.

Image: Visualisation of UK Changes by Location March 2023

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We also recently launched a new data change report for dealerships. You could get a subscription here.

Dealership Analysis - A Market Report For February 2023

Identifying and analysing dealership trends needn’t be hard work. We now produce a bi-monthly market report that runs alongside our flagship products. Just skimming through changes for February, we’ve produced some results below.

You can also see our January 2023 Dealership report here.

Dealerships - Analysis By Vehicle Type

The February 2023 report shows 430 changes to the car dealership network alone. Following along in second, we have light commercial vehicles at 142. Motorcycles are third, with 123. Finally, heavy goods vehicles represent 13 changes for the month.

Image of changes by Car, LCV/HGV & Motorcycle - February 2023

Data Change By Site Type

Showing the spread of 708 changes by site type would be a nigh on impossible task without Autosites ability to rank and file. Here, we break the data down and show the splits in an easy to read pie chart.

Image: Pie Chart of Changes in Data By Site Type February 2023

Site Activity - What’s The Change in Category By Acivity Type?

The graphic below demonstrates the reasons for change at dealership locations, across our selection of categories. We track more, these are just a handful.

Image: Change in Category By Activity Type February 2023

Visualisation - What UK Regions Did Dealership Changes Take Place?

Autosites gives users the added advantage of showing regional changes by data type. Difficult to see here, but you can visually switch map pins on and off to suit your analysis purposes. The results can then be easily downloaded via csv file for import into other software.

Image: Visualisation of UK Regional Dealership Changes February 2023

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Dealership Analysis Report - January 2023

A new year and a busier month than December 2022’s Dealership trend report our system has tracked 500+ data changes across the UK Dealer networks.

Analysis of Dealerships by Vehicle Type

This months analysis shows the breakdown of changes by vehicle type. Passenger cars are demonstrating the most changes, with Motorcycle & ATV’s coming in second.

Image: Analysis of Dealerships by Vehicle Type January 2023

Data Analysis - Change By Type of Site

Another area we are able to report on is the change in dealership data by site type. This gives users a choice of different metrics to analyse over a given period.

Image: Data Analysis Change By Type of Site January 2023

Dealership Classification By Site Activity

What caused the change in data in January 2023? Here we show just a handful of categories tracked, classification by site activity can help the analyst to build a picture of an area of interest.

Image: Dealership Classification By Site Activity January 2023

Data Visualisation - A geographical representation of where change took place

Demonstrating the importance of using data as a visualisation, the image represents the exact locations of where the changes took place.

Image: Change By Location January 2023

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Dealership Trend Report - December 2022

In the December 2022 version of our dealership trend report we’ve singled out some 400ish changes across the retail network. In our usual fashion, we’ve broken them down with some infographics below.

Dealership Change Report By Vehicle Type December 2022

Not satisfied with reporting in just changes by location, we’ve shown changes in location data by type of vehicle below:

Image: Location Changes By Type of Vehicle December 2022

Industry Insights - Reporting on Changes By Type of Dealership

Here, we are demonstrating how many of the changes in data are by site type. These types of industry insights are essential if you are planning to maximise efficiency within dealership networks.

Image: Dealership Changes By Type of Site December 2022

Growth or Decline - What types of change influenced the numbers for Sites in December 2022?

What good would your data analysis be if you didn’t understand the reasons why the dealership network had grown or declined for a given period of time?

Image: Reasons For Change in Site Type December 2022

Let’s face it, using a tool as easy to use as Autosites is going to be vital when conducting data analysis studies of UK Automotive dealership Networks. We collect & clean this data across a multitude of brands on a 2 weekly cycle, so it is always right up to date.

Available in easy to use format for:

• Passenger Car Dealer Networks

• LCV HGV Dealer Networks

• Motorcycle & ATV Dealer Networks.

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Dealership location trends - November 2022

If identifying and reporting on dealership data trends in 2022 is important to your business, Autosites is a solid choice. We’ve recorded 20 changes per day across the networks for November 2022 alone. Reporting using only the latest data, optimising and planning activities couldn’t be easier.

Changes in November 2022 By Type of Vehicle

When it comes to identifying trends within a specific vehicle type, Autosites tracks specific data changes by vehicle type. In November below, we’re illustrating 20 changes a day via Car, LCV, HGV and Motorcycle dealerships.

Dealer of site changes by vehicle type November 2022

Dealership Change Reporting By Site Type

Not content with generating Dealership change reporting by type of vehicle alone, we expand by categorising sites by type. For instance full dealership, aftersales, sales only, used vehicles and others.

Image: Dealership Change Reporting By Site Type

Overall Data Changes for Dealerships November 2022

In more than 20 different categories we illustrate the kind of data we track, organise and report on. We show the overall changes below for Dealerships in November 2022.

Image: Overall Data Changes for Dealerships November 2022

A tool like Autosites takes the heavy lifting out of the laborious task of collecting and analysing dealership data. In a fast moving industry, it is essential to track these movements at scale in order to move quickly and captitalise on opportunities others have missed.

DEALERSHIP DATA - MAP CHANGES OCTOBER 2022

Dealership Data - Map Changes October 2022

A quieter month than usual in our dealership data tracking pursuits. However, we still recorded nearly 400 changes. As ever, we’ve sliced them up and displayed them on our favourite maps and charts.

Dealership Data By Territory Map

Changes are well spread across the UK this month.

Image of Changes to Dealership Data by Location

Data Changes By Vehicle Type

Can you imagine trying to surface changes in dealership data by vehicle type? Rest easy, we’ve taken care of that. This month we’re presenting over 18 changes per day to Car, LCV, HGV and Motorcycle dealerships.

Image of Changes to Dealership Data by Vehicle Type

Changes Within Dealership Territories By Site Type

Here, we’ve sifted out dealership changes by site type and broken them down by full dealership, aftersales, sales only, used vehicles and more.

Image of Dealership Data Indicating Territories By-Site Type

Overall Data Changes Within Territories October 2022

Using over 20 categories, we’ve tracked and organised the results to show the key changes in October. There are many more categories we produce reports on, this is just a snapshot of what’s available.

Overall Dealership Changes Within Territories

Using Autosites to study and uncover opportunities in this fast changing industry couldn’t be easier. Although it sounds like a cliché, the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. We’ve done all of the hard work, so you don’t have to.

NETWORK PLANNING DATA - MAP CHANGES SEPTEMBER 2022

Dealership Network Planning Data September 2022

September 2022’s network planning data brings us changes across a wide range of brands. The scale of changes are impossible to interpret using websites and lists alone. Autosites allows analysis using regularly updated dealeship data (daily) and currently represents the most accurate picture in the UK.

Dealership Territory Changes

More territory changes for September, as we visualise exactly where in the UK they took place. Difficult to see here, but within Autosites, we can zoom in to individual dealers and drill down to uncover a drive distance study.

Image: Changes to Dealership by Location

Changes to Dealership by Vehicle Type

Across all vehicles: Car, LCV, HGV and Motorcycle dealerships, we totted up 557 changes througout September 2022. That represents more than 26 changes every business day.

Image: Changes Within Dealership by Vehicle Type

Changes Within Dealership Territories By Site Type

Not content with showing changes by location, we can also break down dealership territories by site type. In the image below, we demonstrate this by presenting the data in a pie chart. Of course, there are other filtering options available. Please contact us for more detail.

Image: Dealership Territories By Site Type

Overall Changes Within Territories September 2022

What other data movements have we been tracking in September? The 557 are compiled using over 20 different categories, a sample is detailed in the image below:

Image: Overall Changes Within Territories September 2022

Whether you are consideing Autosites to optimise your dealer network, or gain insight at a given point in time. Visualising the coverage of dealer groups and manufacturers sites across the UK couldn’t be made easier.

DEALERSHIP NETWORK PLANNING DATA - MAP CHANGES AUGUST 2022

Dealership Network Planning Data August 2022

August 2022 sees another wave of location changes across the UK’s car Dealership network. Anyone interested in using monthly data changes for dealership network planning, would be hard pressed to find a more efficient tool in their research. Why? Because Autosites is driven off frequent data based on location change.

Planning For Change - Plenty of Movement in August 2022

Within territories, Dealership changes fluctuate all of the time. We record these fluctuations on a daily basis. In August 2022, we’ve recorded and mapped 634 movements across the UK.

Image: Fluctuations within Dealeship territories August 2022

Changes Within Dealership Territories By Site Type

Manufacturers site types differ within their territories, so knowing the difference in sales vs aftersales vs used sites only can be quite revealing. We can also show proximity in relation to Fast fits & Car Supermarkets.

Image: Changes Within Dealership Territories by Site Type

634 Dealer Site Changes By Vehicle Type for August 2022

Because we track sites by the vehicle types they service, we are able to break this down and report on the results. In August 2022, we recorded over 28 changes every day.

Image: Dealer Site Changes By Vehicle Type August 2022

Site Changes Within Territories August 2022

As well as site changes by vehicle type and changes within Dealership territories by site type, we can also report on other criteria. New franchise appointments, business name changes and site relocations.

Image: Site Changes Within Territories August 2022

Making it easy to make intelligent choices based on data is the future. Autosites gives network planners the tools to make those choices using the most up to date Dealership data in the industry.

UK FRANCHISED DEALERSHIP DATA - MAP CHANGES JULY 2022

Dealership Database Changes July 2022

July 2022’s changes to our dealership database are represented via our Autosites platform below. Autosites allows the user to easily answer any network planning related question, regarding franchised dealership territories. Specifically the changes that occur within them.

Dealership Territory Changes

We’ve shown the breadth of dealership changes by territory map below. Because our data changes daily, we’ve rounded up July 2022 to demonstrate how those territories look visually.

Image: Dealership Database Changes By Territory Map July 2022

Changes In Dealership Data By Site Type

Our data wouldn’t be much use if we couldn’t break it down. Not only do we update changes, daily for cars, motorcycles, HGV’s & fast fits, we also indicate numerous additional audit types. Here, we show a breakdown of franchised dealerships by site type.

Image: Franchised Dealership Data by Site Type July 2022

25 Changes Every Business Day in July 2022

Not satisfied with just tracking additions and deletions, we are able to drill down to show changes to our dealership database by vehicle type.

Image: Database Changes By Vehicle Type July 2022

What Else Changed in July 2022?

Keeping track of additional types of change, Autosites is a must have tool for those involved in efficient network planning. The tool, and the ease of access to data, provides an industry leading service. A service that is trusted by both global Motor Manufacturers and their partners.

Image: Network Changes By Category July 2022

UK FRANCHISED DEALERSHIP DATA - MAP CHANGES JUNE 2022

This months dealership data shows the spread of site changes accross the country, for June 2022. Autosites allows you to drill down to your preferences. Selecting the type of pins for the map display is as easy as pressing a button. A must for all network planning activities.

Dealership Territories - Changes By Location

Dealership Data Map Changes June 2022

Not only do we map manufacturers car dealer data, we also drill down to other changes in site type, such as dealership acquisition, site relocation. We also track when a partial site has been appointed, such as aftersales only or sales only, plus much more.

Changes in Data By Site Type

Dealership Changes By Site Type June 2022

And what good would dealership data be, if you couldn’t tell what type of vehicle the dealership specialised in?

Data Changes By Vehicle Type

Dealership Changes By Vehicle Type

What else changed in June, and by how much? Here we show a sample of a few of the caregories we track.

Other Changes By Category June 2022

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Overall Dealership Data Changes June 2022

85 New Database records created

501 Database records updated

95 Database records deleted