The December Dealership network update brings a fairly quiet close to the year. We recorded 227 changes for this month vs November’s figure of 288. Thats 12 changes per business day.
The updates to Dealership by type of vehicle have declined since November, with the exception of the LCV category, which has shown an increase of 22 changes. Novembers figures are shown in brackets: Car 139 (169), HGV 3, (14) and Motorcycle/ATV 28 (70).
Dealership location changes for December are illustrated on the UK Map in the graphic above.
December 2023’s data update by site type is as usual, dominated by Dealerships. 52% in fact. Marginally down from from the November figure of 55%. This month aftersales sites show a significant increase over the previous month, 30% (from 18%). The used figure of 9% is similar to previous one at 7%. The ‘others’ category has shrunk from 19% to just 7% this month.
Finising off with the update with changes by franchise category, we’ve totalled 69 changes by franchise appointed (vs 67 in November), 52 franchises relinquished (vs 49) and 7 site relocations (vs 17 in the previous month).
