Every garage starts from public business data. We keep those in Lancashire that are open, have at least one Google review and work on cars or vans, and we merge duplicates. Car dealers' showrooms, car buyers, valeters, recovery-only firms and unrelated trades are left out.
We then read each garage's own website and record only what it states: servicing and repairs, MOT testing, diagnostics, air-con, tyres, electric and hybrid cars, bodywork, courtesy cars, collection and delivery, recovery, mobile work, vans, make specialists and trade scheme membership. Where a site says nothing, the listing shows no answer rather than a guess.
Each garage is also looked up on DVSA's published list of active MOT test stations, by its phone number or by its name at its own postcode. The listing shows the station we found, the vehicle classes it tests and the date we checked. No match is not a mark against a garage: it may test under another name.
Owners can claim a listing to correct details or add photos. A person checks every claim. Published by Lancashire Car Garages.