Garages in Greater Manchester

What they can test

All 260 test cars and small vans. Of those, 13 take motorbikes, 79 handle larger vans up to 3,500kg and 48 can test minibuses and coaches. Manchester has the most, with 59 of them. 241 of the 260 are independents rather than chain branches.

How MOTs go in Greater Manchester

73.6% of MOTs across Greater Manchester passed first time in 2025. That is 1.1 points ahead of the 72.5% managed across Great Britain. Within the county the range runs from 73.0% in Manchester to 75.1% in Bolton.

Cars here averaged 10.4 years old, younger than the national 10.7, which helps. Clocks read 73,000 miles on average, and 1.8% of tests were electric cars.

Town by town

Pass rates are by postcode area. Age is the average for everything tested there during 2025.

Towns in Greater Manchester