Garages in West Midlands

What they can test

All 358 test cars and small vans. Of those, 20 take motorbikes, 134 handle larger vans up to 3,500kg and 101 can test minibuses and coaches. Birmingham has the most, with 198 of them. 330 of the 358 are independents rather than chain branches.

How MOTs go in West Midlands

75.6% of MOTs across West Midlands passed first time in 2025. That is 3.1 points ahead of the 72.5% managed across Great Britain. Within the county the range runs from 74.2% in Wolverhampton to 76.1% in Birmingham.

At 10.8 years the average car tested matched the rest of the country. Clocks read 79,000 miles on average, and 1.7% 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 West Midlands