Investor Reports
Backing or lending to auto retail on months-old accounts and gut feel is a gamble. Track the whole UK market and every dealer in it, live, from market trends down to a single group’s performance.
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Investing on a rear-view mirror
Annual accounts tell you where a business was, not where the market is heading.
Stale accounts
Published figures are months old and too high-level to act on.
No dealer-level view
You cannot see how a specific group performs against its peers.
Guesswork on value
Valuations without live comparables risk overpaying.
The old way
Why published accounts are not enough
Backward-looking, high-level data cannot guide a forward-looking investment.
Public accounts
- ✕Months out of date
- ✕High-level, with no per-dealer detail
- ✕No live market or demand signal
- ✕No comparables for valuation
Investor Reports
- ✓The whole market, tracked live
- ✓Per-dealer and per-group performance
- ✓Market days supply and demand signals
- ✓The largest database of comparables online
How it works
See the whole market, and every dealer
Our platform gives a comprehensive overview of the entire UK car retail market. Track automotive industry trends, consumer preferences and demand fluctuations across regions and segments to spot emerging opportunities and make strategic moves.
Then dive deeper into individual dealerships or groups, analyse active inventories and recent activity, and assess market presence, brand performance and customer engagement.
What you can analyse
Intelligence for informed decisions
Market-wide analysis
Industry trends, consumer preferences and demand fluctuations across regions and segments.
Per-dealer insight
Active inventories, recent activity, market presence and brand performance by dealer or group, to find top performers and untapped potential.
Market days supply
Gauge supply dynamics and identify selling periods that align with your short or long-term investment strategy.
Competitive intelligence
Market share, pricing strategies and customer satisfaction of competing dealers at local and national level.
Pricing intelligence
The largest database of car comparables online, for precise investment valuations and fewer overvalued acquisitions.
Identify outliers
Visualise how your investments in UK automotive PLCs are performing, and track potential investments against the market before committing funds.
Benchmark performance
Compare car retail companies against the market and each other to identify leaders and rising stars.
Granular insight
Break performance down by brand, franchise type and pricing model to find profitable opportunities.
Takeover targets
Identify strong targets with growth prospects, and avoid underperformers to manage risk.
Who it is for
Trusted across the market
Lenders & brokers
The UK’s leading car-finance lenders and brokers, sizing markets and assessing risk.
Auction houses
Top auction houses tracking demand, supply and pricing to guide their strategy.
Investors & PLCs
Investors and public companies, from startups to stock markets, benchmarking performance before committing funds.
Trusted by 150+ companies
Including the UK’s leading car-finance lenders and brokers, the top auction houses and many more, from startups to stock markets.
Who it works for
What our clients say
Working with MarketCheck has been a pleasure. The speed of delivery, quality of work and data accuracy has been first class. The data via the API has transformed areas of our business, giving deep insight and new functionality for our website and mobile app.
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