Where can I buy a list of UK independent garages with the owner's name and email?
You can buy it here as an Excel or CSV file. We hold 21,129 garage records, and 18,466 of them name a contact, usually the owner or a director. 6,890 records (about a third) carry that person's own email. Every record has a phone number and a postal address. Some owners trade as sole traders or partnerships, which limits who you can email cold, so ask for a free count and a sample before you decide how big an order you need.
What you get when you buy garages data
One record is one garage at one address: a repair and servicing workshop with its own phone line. Here is how many of them you can reach by each route.
| Channel | Records with it | Share | Coverage | What it means for garages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post | 21,129 | 100% | Strong | All 21,129 records have a full postal address. Post is the one route that waits for the owner to finish the job in hand, and it is open to every garage whatever its legal form. |
| Phone | 21,129 | 100% | Strong | Every record has a number, normally the workshop or reception line. In a small garage the person who picks up may be the owner with a car on the ramp, so plan short first calls. |
| Named contact | 18,466 | 87% | Strong | 18,466 records name a person. In most garages that name is the owner or a director, which means a letter or call goes to the person who pays the bills. |
| Email | 6,890 | 33% | Usable, with care | 6,890 records have the named person's email. That is enough to run email to a third of the list, but not enough to make email your only channel. |
| General email | 2,046 | 10% | Usable, with care | Another 2,046 records hold a general inbox, usually the one customers use to book a service. Your note sits next to booking requests, so keep it short and say plainly that it is a trade offer. |
Records with each contact channel (21,129 garages in all)
This list is the general repair workshop. Records are filed under one main category, so a garage that also does MOTs, tyres or bodywork may sit here or in a specialist category, depending on how it describes itself. We keep MOT testing stations (3,236 records), tyre dealers (5,899) and car body repairers (4,880) as separate categories. If your product suits any workshop, ask for those to be counted alongside; if it only suits general servicing, leave them out.
Franchised dealers are not the same buyer. Main dealers are held as car dealers, a separate category with its own page, so their service departments are generally not in this list. That matters if you sell to the workshop: a dealer service department usually works to the manufacturer's rules and buys through the dealer group, while an independent owner can say yes on the spot. Check your sample for any dealer names before you pay.
Who the named contacts are
Most independent garages are run by the person who owns them, and that owner is often also a working technician. They sign off almost everything: parts accounts, equipment, software, insurance and staff. In a larger independent with a front desk, a workshop or service manager may handle day-to-day buying and pass bigger spend up to the owner. In a limited company the owner will usually be named as a director.
- Owner
- Proprietor
- Director
- Partner
- Workshop manager
- Service manager
Don't pay to narrow by title unless your offer only suits one of them. In a two-bay garage the owner, the manager and the senior technician can be the same person, so a title cut mainly removes records you could have used. The exception is something only a manager handles in a bigger workshop, such as booking systems or staff training; then ask the count to show how many records name a manager before you order.
Selections worth paying for with garages
These are the selections we can make. The verdicts are for garages, where the list is mostly small, owner-run workshops and every record already has a phone number.
| Select by | For garages | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Postcode area or radius | Worth it | The best cut if you deliver, collect or visit, because a garage only buys from a supplier who can reach it. Draw the radius you can serve on a normal working day. |
| Region or county | Worth it | Useful for a rep with a fixed patch or a test mailing in one area before you roll out. Cheaper than buying the whole country and finding half of it is out of reach. |
| Records with an email only | Sometimes | Takes you to 6,890 records. Worth it if email is your plan, but remember some of those owners trade as sole traders or partnerships you can't email without consent. |
| Independents or groups | Sometimes | Most records are single-site independents already. Worth asking for only if you want to keep out any multi-site groups that turn up in your count. |
| Number of employees | Sometimes | Expect most garages to sit in the smallest size bands. A size cut is useful for kit priced for bigger workshops, but on most orders it simply makes the list smaller. |
| Job title | Rarely needed | Owner, manager and technician are often one person here, so a title filter mostly throws away good records. Ask for it only for manager-only offers. |
| Records with a phone number only | Rarely needed | Every garage record we hold has a phone number, so this cut removes nothing. Leave it off your quote. |
How much does garages data cost?
Every record in an order is charged at the rate for the size of the whole order.
21,129 records21,129 ÷ 1,000 × £195
Price excluding VAT£4,120.15
6,890 records6,890 ÷ 1,000 × £245
Price excluding VAT£1,688.05
18,466 records18,466 ÷ 1,000 × £220
Price excluding VAT£4,062.52
800 records800 ÷ 1,000 × £295
Below the minimum order, so charged at£300
Price excluding VAT£300
| Records in the order | Price per 1,000 |
|---|---|
| Fewer than 2,500 | £295 |
| 2,500 to 4,999 | £270 |
| 5,000 to 9,999 | £245 |
| 10,000 to 19,999 | £220 |
| 20,000 to 49,999 | £195 |
| 50,000 or more | £170 |
Price per 1,000 records by order size (excluding VAT)
Two things to notice. First, the whole list crosses into the £195 band, so it costs only a little more than the named-contact records alone, which are charged at £220. If you will mail or call, the whole list is the better buy. Second, a small local order pays the £300 minimum. At the top band rate that covers about a thousand records, so if your radius gives fewer, widen it to the area you would still serve rather than paying for records you don't get.
Licence, accuracy, screening and delivery
The 12-month licence suits garages, because a busy owner who says "not now" in March may be ready by the autumn, and you can contact them again without buying twice. Keep notes of call-backs in your copy of the file. Bear in mind the phone screening lasts 28 days from delivery: if your calls run longer than that, which is easy when you are waiting for owners to be free, screen the numbers again before the later rounds. Small garages do open, close and change hands, so check a few sample records against the garages' own websites before you order.
The full terms in plain English are on our buying terms page.
Using garages data legally
Legal form of UK workplaces in this sector (ONS 2026)
- Companies74%
- Sole traders20%
- Partnerships6%
- Charities, non-profits and mutualsunder 1%
- Public sector (central government, local authority, public corporation)under 1%
| Legal form (ONS) | UK workplaces | Share | Marketing email (PECR) | Sales calls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Companies | 41,060 | 74% | Allowed with your identity and an opt-out | Check the CTPS |
| Sole traders | 10,885 | 20% | Prior consent needed | Check the TPS |
| Partnerships | 3,215 | 6% | Prior consent needed (LLPs and Scottish partnerships: as companies) | Check the TPS (LLPs: the CTPS) |
| Charities, non-profits and mutuals | 35 | under 1% | Allowed with your identity and an opt-out | Check the CTPS |
| Public sector (central government, local authority, public corporation) | 65 | under 1% | Allowed with your identity and an opt-out | Check the CTPS |
| All UK workplaces in SIC 45200 | 55,255 | 100% |
ONS counts show about three quarters of garage workplaces belong to companies, with sole traders and partnerships making up almost all of the rest. For you as a buyer, that means a share of the named emails you pay for may belong to people the law treats as individuals. The ICO says sole traders and some partnerships can only be sent marketing emails or texts if they have specifically consented, and that the existing-customer exception does not apply to contacts from bought-in lists. The same rule covers texts, which matters if you planned to text a mobile number. Legal form is not one of our selections and a trading name rarely shows it, so check a garage on Companies House before you email it, or start with post and phone and invite the owner to opt in. Emailing a named person at a company is allowed under these rules, but their address is still personal data, so data protection law applies.
Before you buy garages data: questions to settle
- Will you email, call or write first? With about a third of records holding a named email, decide this before you size the order.
- Do you want MOT stations, tyre dealers or body shops too? They are separate categories, so they are only counted if you ask.
- Do you need franchised dealer workshops? They sit with car dealers, not here. Order that category separately if you want them.
- How far can you serve? Set the radius by your delivery or visit area, and check it clears the £300 minimum.
- How will you handle sole traders? Agree how you will check legal form before anyone sends an email or a text.
- Can you finish your calls inside 28 days? If not, plan to re-screen the numbers before the later rounds.
- Have you looked at the sample? Check which names appear and whether any look like dealers or chains you don't want.
Questions about buying garages data
Where can I buy a list of UK independent garages with the owner's name and email?
You can buy it here as an Excel or CSV file. We hold 21,129 garage records, and 18,466 of them name a contact, usually the owner or a director. 6,890 records (about a third) carry that person's own email. Every record has a phone number and a postal address. Some owners trade as sole traders or partnerships, which limits who you can email cold, so ask for a free count and a sample before you decide how big an order you need.
Can I buy a list of independent garages only, without the main dealers?
Largely, yes. Franchised main dealers are held as car dealers, a separate category, so this list is mostly independent workshops. If any multi-site groups appear in your count, you can ask for single-site independents only.
Does garages data include MOT testing stations?
Not by default. MOT testing stations are their own category with 3,236 records. Ask for them to be added to your count if your offer suits them. A garage that also tests may be filed in either category, so expect some overlap in what they do.
Is it worth buying garages data just for email?
Only if you accept the limits. 6,890 of the 21,129 records have a named email, and some of those garages are sole traders or partnerships you need consent to email. Most buyers get more from the whole list used for post and phone, with email as a follow-up.
Who will I actually reach when I call a garage?
Usually the workshop line. In a small garage that can be the owner, mid-job. Keep the first call short, ask when suits them, and call back then. Your licence covers repeat contact for 12 months.
How much does garages data cost?
All 21,129 records: £4,120.15 excluding VAT, at £195 per 1,000. The 6,890 with a named email: £1,688.05. Orders under 2,500 records are £295 per 1,000, and the minimum order is £300 plus VAT. Your quote gives the exact figure.