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Top 100 most stocked used car dealers revealed as Cinch overtakes Cazoo and Carzam

Time 11:25 am, March 23, 2021

There was a stark difference between the used car dealers that have embraced click and collect and an online sales journey and those that haven’t in February.

Latest figures from Car Dealer used car data partner CarCondor.co.uk points to a growing divide between car dealers that have taken the online sales process seriously during lockdown and those that ignored it.

CarCondor says overall used car sales were up five per cent last month compared to January with total used car stock numbers increasing too.


The data firm says the Top 200 used car dealers sold 125,635 models between them in February, compared with 119,645 in January.

Arnold Clark was the most stocked used car dealer once again during the month with 29,960 cars in stock.

CarCondor’s William Gomes said: ‘While stocking issues are still a reality for many dealers, the one big difference we noticed among dealers who performed best and worst this month was the quality of their online journey for users. 


‘Almost without exception, dealers who performed worse this month have a sub-par online journey for click and collect or fully online purchases. 

‘We believe that sales will continue to increase due to pent-up demand, as we’ve seen a sudden increase in online traffic in the last few weeks, suggesting users are getting ready to visit showrooms as soon as they open.’

Members of the Car Dealer website can get access to the Top 100 list below, as well as more detailed used car data free of charge on the CarCondor website. Details are in the My Membership section of this website once you’ve signed up.

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Cinch moves up

Arnold Clark topped the most stocked list with Evans Halshaw (second) and Sytner (third) leapfrogging the latter’s used car supermarket arm CarShop, which dropped two places from January.

The fastest selling car during the month was the Ford Ranger (previously the Nissan Navara) and there was no change on the best selling car front, which was the Ford Fiesta.

The Fiesta was the overall winner of the Car Dealer Used Car of the Year category and you can watch our host Mike Brewer test it in the video above.

Of the online used car platforms Cinch was the most stocked in 12th position, Cazoo was 14th and Carzam 44th. If you include the latter’s partner, Big Motoring World, it would have been top out of the trio. 

Of the big listed dealer groups, Vertu Motors was the most stocked with used cars, ahead of Inchcape, Marshall, Lookers and then Motorpoint.

You can see all of these dealers’ stock numbers in our table below.


The average time dealers in the Top 200 took to sell was up one day to 58 days compared to January and prices rose too.

The average price of a used car sold during February was £15,746, up 1.62 per cent on the month before.

CarCondor found the amount of new stock added to the Top 200 used car dealers’ forecourts was up 2.72 per cent at 114k cars in total, compared to 111k in January.

Web traffic also rose to the used car dealers’ websites up two per cent during the month.

The Top 100 most stocked car dealers in February list can be found below. This is available to members of the Car Dealer website. Sign up now with your name and email address to get immediate access.

Rank Dealer Name Avg Stock Rank Change
1 Arnold Clark 29,960
2 Evans Halshaw 10,419
3 Sytner 9,272 +1
4 Bristol Street Motors 8,709 +1
5 Car Shop 7,432 -2
6 Inchcape 7,252
7 Marshall 5,940 +1
8 Lancaster 5,718 +2
9 Lookers 5,631
10 Motorpoint 5,622 -3
11 JCT600 4,622
12 Cinch 4,606 +2
13 Group 1 Automotive 4,277
14 Cazoo 4,190 -2
15 Available Car 4,093
16 Stratstone 3,283 +6
17 Cargiant 3,247 +3
18 Big Motoring World 3,076 -1
19 Listers 2,996 -3
20 Motorline 2,949 -2
21 Trust Ford 2,907
22 Stoneacre 2,805 -3
23 Robins & Day 2,637
24 Carbase 2,557
25 John Clark 2,504
26 Hendy Group 2,155 +1
27 Perrys 2,111 +1
28 Glyn Hopkin 2,051 +2
29 Parks Motor Group 2,019
30 Steven Eagell 2,017 +2
31 Mercedes-Benz Retail Group 2,016
32 Pentagon Motor Group 2,010 +1
33 Peter Vardy 1,943 +1
34 Fords of Windsford 1,918 +2
35 Motor Depot 1,888 -9
36 Johnson Cars Limited 1,840 +2
37 CarStore Evans Halshaw 1,825 +4
38 Dick Lovett 1,791 -3
39 Eastern Western 1,714 -2
40 Snows Group 1,617 -1
41 Allen Motor Group 1,469 +1
42 Sinclair Group 1,391 +2
43 Williams 1,369
44 Carzam 1,364 -4
45 V12 Sports and Classics 1,328 +2
46 Lloyd Motor Group 1,326
47 Hilton Garage 1,302 +4
48 Helston Garages Group 1,289 -3
49 Drive Vauxhall 1,262
50 RRG Group 1,252 -2
51 Hartwell 1,251 +20
52 Rybrook Holdings Ltd 1,203 -2
53 HPL Motors 1,184 +1
54 Carworld 1,161 -1
55 Agnew Group 1,139 -3
56 Bridgend Motor Group 1,115
57 Heritage Automotive 1,103 -2
58 Harwoods Group 1,103 +4
59 Eden Motor Group 1,096 -2
60 Robinsons Motor Group 1,070 +5
61 Swansway 1,069 -2
62 Vindis 1,038 -4
63 Holdcroft 1,038 -3
64 SW Car Supermarket 1,015 +4
65 Yeomans 986 +5
66 Worcester Car Sales 982 -3
67 Howards Motor Group 971 -3
68 Donnelly Group 967 -1
69 Frank G Gates Ltd 958 -3
70 Motorparks 957 -1
71 West Way 937 -10
72 Halliwell Jones 861 +1
73 Peoples 852 +7
74 LSH Auto 852
75 Citygate Automotive Ltd 848 +4
76 Mon Motors 847 +1
77 Car Time 829 +1
78 Penton Motor Group 803 -2
79 Wilsons of Epsom 776 -4
80 Ron Skinner & Sons 768 -8
81 Quality Part X 764 +3
82 Thurlow Nunn 756 +1
83 Saxton 4×4 755 +6
84 Chorley Group 738 -3
85 Hammond Cars 714 +8
86 Sandown Motor Group 708 +5
87 Norton Way Honda 699 -5
88 Marriot Motor Group 697
89 Caffyns 695 -2
90 Endeavour Automotive Group 683
91 Vospers Motor House Ltd 678 -6
92 Sandicliffe 644 -6
93 Day’s Motor Group 633 +2
94 JCB Group 621 +3
95 Vantage Motorgroup 609 -3
96 Brindley Garages 587
97 David Hayton 587 +6
98 Fish Brothers 583 +8
99 WJ King Group 578 -5
100 Richmond Motor Group 563 +1
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