Used car sales slipped by over 4% in February for UK’s Top 200 dealers

Used car sales for the UK’s Top 200 dealers fell by more than 4% in February, new analysis reveals.

Figures from used car data providers CarCondor.co.uk shows the Top 200 dealers in the UK sold 181,120 cars last month compared to the 189,744 shifted in January. February’s figures were in sharp contrast to the previous month which showed sales had jumped by over 71% on December 2023’s figures.

New stock rose by 4.02% on January’s numbers to 165,905, however, showing dealers have been stocking up but selling fewer cars.

Revenue fell in February by 4.65% to £3.59bn, likely as a consequence of dealers’ activities of growing their stock profiles.

All dealer types saw a decline in sales during the month, with franchise seeing the largest fall at nearly 5%, followed by used car supermarkets at 4% and independents at 1.94%.

Dealers with the largest inventories, classed as 5,000-plus, experienced the biggest slump in sales at 10.57%, followed by the 1,000-4,999 group at -7.18%.

Dealers with stock size between 500 and 999 units saw a sizeable 8.12% increase in sales in February, while dealers with 0-499 stocked cars saw a 0.52% uplift.

Arnold Clark remains the most stocked dealer in the Top 200 list, with an average stock inventory of 18,645 cars in February.

There was no change in the top three from January 2024, with Evans Halshaw and Sytner in second and third places with 7,797 and 6,945 cars in stock, respectively.

The Ford Fiesta remained the best-selling used car for the Top 200 dealers.

The full list of the most stocked Top 200 dealers 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

Rank	Dealer Name	Avg Stock	Rank Change
1	Arnold Clark	18,645
2	Evans Halshaw	7,797
3	Sytner	6,945
4	Marshall	6,225	+1
5	Cinch	5,859	-1
6	Bristol Street Motors	5,642
7	Lookers	5,400	+2
8	Big Motoring World	5,362	-1
9	Inchcape	4,565	-1
10	Car Shop	4,329
11	Cazoo	3,869	+1
12	Jardine Motors Group	3,629	+1
13	MotorPoint	3,382	-2
14	Group 1 Automotive	2,833
15	jct600	2,644
16	Steven Eagell	2,556
17	Available Car	2,181	+2
18	Listers	2,122	-1
19	Stoneacre	2,047	-1
20	Parks Motor Group	1,947	+3
21	John Clark	1,876
22	Hendy Group	1,796	-2
23	Stratstone	1,781	-1
24	CarStore	1,729	+1
25	Fords of Winsford	1,668	-1
26	Johnson Cars Limited	1,637
27	perrys	1,551
28	Stellantis and you	1,548	+1
29	Cargiant	1,524	+2
30	Car Base	1,435	+3
31	V12 Sports and Classics	1,406	+1
32	Eastern Western	1,406	-2
33	Glyn Hopkin	1,354	+2
34	Car Supermarket	1,343	-6
35	Snows Group	1,299	-1
36	Trust Ford	1,271
37	Hilton Garage	1,199
38	Bridgend Motor Group	1,118	+2
39	Drive Motor Retail Limited T/A Drive Vauxhall	1,096
40	Lloyd Motor Group	1,072	-2
41	rrg-group	991	+2
42	Yeomans	965	+2
43	Sinclair Group	965	-1
44	Peter Vardy	951	-3
45	Williams	945	+4
46	Pentagon Motor Group	942	-1
47	Saxton 4×4	930	+3
48	Vindis	928
49	Allen Motor Group	926	-3
50	Cars 4 You Ltd	916	+6
51	HPL Motors	916	-4
52	CarWorld Car Supermarket	863	+2
53	Dick Lovett	859	-2
54	Carsa	854	-1
55	Citygate Automotive Ltd	850	+2
56	Holdcroft	818	-4
57	Worcester Carsales Ltd t/a Motorfair	797	+1
58	Motor Range	763	+7
59	Heritage Automotive	748	-4
60	Swansway	744	-1
61	Donnelly Group	733
62	Ron Skinner & Sons	720
63	Worcester Carsales	700
64	Invicta Mazda Bolton	690	+42
65	Hartwell	687	+1
66	Motorparks	687	+14
67	Formula 1 Car Supermarket	678	+6
68	Quality Part X	670
69	Dace Motor Group	665	+7
70	Hammond Cars	658	+13
71	Hippo Motor Group	656	+40
72	Thurlow Nunn	639	+14
73	Agnew Group	616	-2
74	Harwoods Group	610	+22
75	Cars2	605	-3
76	Endeavour Automotive Group	596	-12
77	Peoples	594	-2
78	Wilsons of Epsom	590	-8
79	Car Time	584
80	Eden Motor Group	581	-11
81	Penton Securities Limited	577	+4
82	Chorley Group	576	-8
83	Motorvogue	572	+4
84	John Banks Group	563	-2
85	Sandicliffe	561	+3
86	JCB Group	559	+3
87	Day’s Motor Group	559	-6
88	Renault Retail Group	553	-21
89	Mon Motors Ltd	545	-5
90	Vospers Motor House Ltd	537	-13
91	Vantage Motorgroup	530	-1
92	Halliwell Jones	529	-14
93	SG Petch	511	-2
94	Grange	507	+6
95	Howards Motor Group	504	-3
96	Motorhub	483	+11
97	Norton Way Group	482	-4
98	Riverside Motor Group	475	-3
99	Hawkins Motor Group	473	+4
100	Caffyns	471	-1
101	Gravells	468	-4
102	Northwest Autos	463	+10
103	Parkway Volkswagen	461	-9
104	Vanstar	456	+4
105	Brindley Garages	453	-7
106	Eddie Wright Car Supermarket	447	+9
107	Arbury	446	-5
108	Berry Chiswick BMW	442	+6
109	West Way	437	-5
110	Peter Cooper Motor Group	433	-9
111	Desira Group PLC	426	+2
112	Roadside Motors	426	-2
113	Marriot Motor Group	425	-8
114	Frank G Gates Ltd	421	+7
115	LSH AUTO UK LIMITED	417	+3
116	Read Motor Group	416
117	Startin Group	408
118	St Leonards Motors Group	407	+13
119	Baylis Vauxhall	405	+16
120	Anchor Vans	396	+6
121	Waylands	395	-12
122	Premier Car Supermarket	394	-3
123	Acorn Group Ltd	380	-3
124	EMG Motor Group	376	-2
125	Hatfields	375	-1
126	Rix Motor Company	372	+3
127	Vision Motors Direct	368	+17
128	Birchwood Group	365	+13
129	DM Keith	364	-6
130	Wilson and Co	363	-2
131	Brayleys	363	+7
132	Pinetree Car Superstore	362	-7
133	Shelbourne Motors	358
134	Barretts	356	-4
135	W R Davies	350	-8
136	David Hayton	347	+1
137	Bowker Motor Group	346	-1
138	Richmond Motor Group	345	-6
139	Right Car Supermarket	342	+6
140	Wheels Van Centre Ltd	340	+6
141	Jemca Group	339	+10
142	Stephen James Group	338	+8
143	Platinum Motor Group	333	-4
144	Direct Cars Limited – Sheffield	332	+8
145	Drift Bridge Group	329	-3
146	Car Planet	328	+2
147	Cox Motor Group	320	-4
148	Ancaster	317	-1
149	Nuneaton Car Sales	316	+9
150	The Car Group	316	+3
151	Auto AXS	310	+14
152	Nick King Car Sales	310	+18
153	Bassetts	306	+2
154	Murray Group	306	-14
155	Chapel House Motor Group	306	-21
156	Motor Plus Car Supermarket Ltd	302	+8
157	Southern Prestige Cars	302	+14
158	Your Ford Centre	298	-1
159	Jeff White Motors	298	+1
160	Burrows Motor Company	297	-4
161	National Car Hub	294	+8
162	H.R. Owen	294
163	Wessex Garages	293	-9
164	FRF Toyota	292	-1
165	Martins Group	291	-6
166	Van National	286	-5
167	Blackbird Crossroads Motors	285	+10
168	Redgate Lodge	283	+10
169	Pulman Motor Group	281	+13
170	Car Lot Harrow	281	+5
171	TC Harrison Ford	278	+9
172	Dales Cornwall	278	+34
173	Motor 4 U Ltd	277	+26
174	Lowton Motor Company	276	+18
175	London Motor Company (LMC Cars Ltd)	276	+13
176	Sherwoods Motor Group	274	+3
177	Top Gear Stoke Ltd	272	+47
178	Stebbings	272	-11
179	TMS Motor Group	270	+18
180	Brooke MOT	268	-4
181	Mercedes-Benz South West	267	-32
182	Reed Autos T/A Ponko	267	+53
183	J Toomey Motors Ltd	265	-9
184	Corner Park Garages	262	-18
185	Auto 100	262	-1
186	Lawson Motor Company	259	+28
187	Hilton Car Supermarket	258	-4
188	Colin Francis Cars	255	+10
189	SERE Motors	253	-17
190	Motortrust UK	251	+20
191	Redline Specialist Cars	248	+2
192	Junction 17 Cars	246	+27
193	Sutton Park Group	245	+25
194	Broad Oak Motor Group	245	+22
195	Car Quay Limited	244	+32
196	Donalds Group	244
197	RDM Direct	244	+7
198	J & J Motors	244	+5
199	Ray Chapman Motors	243	-31
200	Croyland Car Megastore	243	+30