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Used car sales show signs of recovery in May after April saw huge slides for Top 200 dealers

  • More than 164,000 used cars were sold by UK’s top 200 dealers in May
  • Figure represents a 2.9 per cent rise on April’s numbers
  • Data is supplied by our partner CarCondor.co.uk
  • Members of the Car Dealer website can explore the data for free

Time 11:30 am, June 9, 2023

Used car sales for the UK’s Top 200 dealers appeared to show signs of recovery in May after a dramatic slide in the previous month.

Data from our used car partner CarCondor.co.uk showed sales of second-hand cars jumped by 2.9 per cent to 164,138 in the fifth month of the year.

That follows a poor performance in April which saw sales plummet 10.54 per cent to 159,478.


Elsewhere in May, revenue also bounced back with the Top 200 dealers raking in £3.54bn from used car sales, compared to £3.39bn in April – a rise of 4.47 per cent.

However, new stock levels continued to shrink, with numbers tumbling by 1.22 per cent on the previous month, from 160,814 to 158,727.

Arnold Clark remained the most stocked dealer in the 200-strong list, with an average of 24,977 second-hand cars in stock, a slight fall on last month’s 25,844.


Marshall maintained its second place with 8,758 cars while Evans Halshaw and Sytner remained in third and fourth with 8,110 and 7,836 used cars in stock, respectively.

When it came to the online disruptors, Cinch fell one place to tenth with 4,467, just ahead of Cazoo in 11th with 4,438 cars in stock.

The Dacia Duster replaced the Mazda CX-5 as the month’s fastest selling used car for the Top 200 dealers, while the Ford Fiesta kept its title as the top-selling car.

The full list can be viewed below – members of the Car Dealer website can access the data as part of their membership.

Rank Dealer Name Avg Stock Rank Change
1 Arnold Clark 24,977
2 Marshall 8,758
3 Evans Halshaw 8,110
4 Sytner 7,836
5 Car Shop 6,919
6 Inchcape 6,629 +2
7 Bristol Street Motors 6,583 -1
8 Lookers 6,156 -1
9 Big Motoring World 4,709 +1
10 Cinch 4,467 -1
11 Cazoo 4,338
12 Motorpoint 4,212 +3
13 Available Car 4,016 -1
14 Group 1 Automotive 3,631 +2
15 Steven Eagell 3,523 -2
16 Jardine Motors 3,402 -2
17 JCT600 3,092
18 Stoneacre 2,718
19 Peter Vardy 2,403
20 John Clark 2,176 +1
21 Johnson Cars Limited 2,061 +5
22 CarStore 2,033 -2
23 Parks Motor Group 1,993 +1
24 Listers 1,983 +3
25 Robins & Day 1,982 -3
26 Fords of Windsford 1,963 -1
27 Stratstone 1,903 -4
28 Car Base 1,747 +2
29 Snows Group 1,732 +2
30 Eastern Western 1,713 +5
31 V12 Sports and Classics 1,657 +1
32 Glyn Hopkin 1,613 -4
33 Trust Ford 1,608
34 Perrys 1,604
35 Hendy Group 1,601 +2
36 Car Supermarket 1,567 -7
37 Cargiant 1,517 +1
38 Drive Vauxhall 1,441 +1
39 Allen Motor Group 1,392 -3
40 Lloyd Motor Group 1,287
41 Pentagon Motor Group 1,262
42 RRG Group 1,251
43 Sinclair Group 1,216 +3
44 Rybrook Holdings Ltd 1,197 -1
45 Hilton Garage 1,154 -1
46 Vindis 1,153 +2
47 Swansway 1,090 +13
48 Bridgend Motor Group 1,066 +2
49 Eden Motor Group 1,028 -4
50 Yeomans 1,026 -3
51 Dick Lovett 992 -2
52 Holdcroft 977
53 Carworld 975
54 Motorparks 953 -3
55 Carsa 952 +2
56 Motor Range 951
57 Renault Retail Group 943 +2
58 Agnew Group 919 +6
59 Citygate Automotive Ltd 899 -1
60 Williams 896 -5
61 HPL Motors 892 +1
62 Heritage Automotive 870 +1
63 Saxton 4×4 853 -9
64 Vospers Motor House Ltd 814 +1
65 Sandicliffe 792 -4
66 Hartwell 789 +1
67 Harwoods Group 789 +2
68 Ron Skinner & Sons 787 +3
69 Car Time 777 -3
70 Car Uno 766
71 Quality Part X 755 +1
72 Endeavour Automotive Group 723 -4
73 Chorley Group 707 +2
74 Donnelly Group 707
75 Norton Way Honda 697 +1
76 Gravells 685 +4
77 Motor Market Limited 672 +9
78 Mon Motors 664 +1
79 Peoples 663 +19
80 Cars 4 You Ltd 660 +3
81 Thurlow Nunn 653 -11
82 Vantage Motorgroup 652 -9
83 Wilsons of Epsom 642 -6
84 Brindley Garages 631 -2
85 Hammond Cars 628 -4
86 Click Motors 612 -1
87 Dace Motor Group 608 +1
88 EMG Motor Group 605 +1
89 Cars2 587 +13
90 Marriot Motor Group 582 -3
91 Howards Motor Group 568 +2
92 Riverside Motor Group 567 +5
93 Halliwell Jones 565 -9
94 Richmond Motor Group 563 -16
95 Penton Motor Group 560 -5
96 Formula 1 Car Supermarket 554
97 Worcester Car Sales 552 +3
98 Premier Car Supermarket 543 +1
99 Caffyns 541 -3
100 Frank G Gates Ltd 536 -5
101 Berry Chiswick BMW 532 -9
102 DM Keith 517 +4
103 Arbury 509 +2
104 Mercedes-Benz South West 497 +11
105 Desira Group PLC 490 +21
106 Motorhub 490 -5
107 JCB Group 478 -4
108 Day’s Motor Group 476 +21
109 Northwest Autos 475 -15
110 Pinetree Car Superstore 471 -3
111 Hawkins Motor Group 470 -1
112 Toomey Motor Group 469 -8
113 Murray Group 466 +10
114 Vanstar 461 +5
115 SG Petch 458 +7
116 Eddie Wright Car Supermarket 456 -5
117 Startin Group 450 -1
118 Parkway Volkswagen 446 +17
119 Motorvogue 442 +2
120 Barretts 439 -2
121 Jemca Group 434 -30
122 Ancaster 434 -13
123 Drift Bridge Group 434 +14
124 Chapel House Motor Group 433 -16
125 Shelbourne Motors 426 -11
126 Anchor Vans 423 -1
127 Acorn Group Ltd 416 +1
128 St Leonards Motors Group 415 -16
129 W R Davies 411 -5
130 Motorfair Hyundai Birmingham 406 -13
131 Burrows Motor Company 405 -11
132 Bassetts 405 -1
133 LSH Auto 404 +11
134 Right Car Supermarket 403 -7
135 Southern Vauxhall 400 +4
136 TC Harrison Ford 397 +6
137 West Way 397 -24
138 Peter Cooper Motor Group 397 -4
139 Cox Motor Group 395 -6
140 Wheels Van Centre Ltd 389
141 The Car Group 379 -3
142 Parkside Motorstore 379 -6
143 Roadside Motors 376 -2
144 Hatfields 371 -14
145 Pulman Motor Group 371 +1
146 Cotswold Motor Group 369 -14
147 Wessex Garages 368 +1
148 Brayleys 367 -5
149 Corner Park Garages 365 -2
150 John Banks Group 360 +18
151 John Grose 359
152 Stephen James Group 356 -7
153 Birchwood Group 347 +2
154 Platinum Motor Group 346 +7
155 Nuneaton Car Sales 339 -5
156 Direct Cars Limited – Sheffield 339 +3
157 Read Motor Group 336
158 Hippo Motor Group 335 +7
159 Blackbird Crossroads Motors 334 +3
160 Car Planet 332 +13
161 Your Ford Centre 332 +15
162 Stebbings 332 -4
163 Waylands 331 -11
164 Adrian Blyth 329
165 Martins Group 325 +1
166 Wilson and Co 323 -17
167 Dales Cornwall 323 -4
168 SERE Motors 322 -14
169 Vision Motors Direct 319 -9
170 Auto 100 316 -3
171 P&A Motor Vehicles 314
172 David Hayton 313 -2
173 Sherwoods Motor Group 312 -20
174 H.R. Owen 311 -5
175 Jeff White Motors 307 +2
176 Sascron 305 -20
177 Big Van World 303 +2
178 Nick King Car Sales 302 +2
179 Fish Brothers 290 +4
180 Smiths Motor Group 288 +6
181 Holden Group 288 -7
182 Harvey’s Autos 287 -7
183 Mercedes-Benz Retail Group 285 -1
184 FG Barnes 285 -3
185 Motortrust UK 284
186 Repossessions UK 281
187 MP Motor Company Limited 280 +7
188 Foray Motor Group 277 +9
189 TMS Motor Group 273 -11
190 FRF Motors 271 -18
191 Colin Francis Cars 270 -4
192 Southern Prestige Cars 270 -4
193 Autozone 265 -2
194 Tustain Motors 264 -9
195 Rix Motor Company 261
196 National Car Hub 260
197 Bowker Motor Group 257 -1
198 Trenton Motors 257 +2
199 Sutton Park Group 255 -7
200 Broad Oak Motor Group 253 -5
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Jack joined the Car Dealer team in 2021 as a staff writer. He previously worked as a national newspaper journalist for BNPS Press Agency. He has provided news and motoring stories for a number of national publications including The Sun, The Times and The Daily Mirror.



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