Turnover		Employees
Companies		Gross Value Added
GVA per Labour Cost		Capital Expenditure
Capital Expenditure per person		Stock Turn

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Sale of motor vehicles
Gross Value Added	8,366	8,904	10,856	10,273	11,064	10,335	12,039	13,259	14,242	14,116	12,780
labour cost	3,068	3,381	3,765	4,048	4,285	4,341	4,751	5,024	5,056	5,368	5,601
GVA as % of Labour cost	273%	263%	288%	254%	258%	238%	253%	264%	282%	263%	228%
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Gross Value Added	2,364	2,588	2,901	3,318	3,898	3,883	4,134	4,187	4,552	4,542	4,593
labour cost	1,221	1,366	1,436	1,718	1,930	1,919	2,176	2,298	2,480	2,602	2,708
GVA as % of Labour cost	194%	189%	202%	193%	202%	202%	190%	182%	184%	175%	170%
Sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Gross Value Added	1,740	2,034	2,450	2,374	2,332	2,219	2,392	2,514	2,831	2,835	2,609
labour cost	939	1,018	1,231	1,291	1,295	1,353	1,461	1,348	1,427	1,560	1,666
GVA as % of Labour cost	185%	200%	199%	184%	180%	164%	164%	186%	198%	182%	157%
Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles parts and accessories
Gross Value Added	185	177	214	259	218	370	346	353	424	387	258
labour cost	85	69	93	102	128	90	132	144	153	153	203
GVA as % of Labour cost	218%	257%	230%	254%	170%	411%	262%	245%	281%	253%	127%
Total
Gross Value Added	12,655	13,703	16,421	16,224	17,512	16,807	18,911	20,313	22,049	21,880	20,240
labour cost	5,313	5,834	6,525	7,159	7,638	7,703	8,520	8,814	9,114	9,683	10,178
GVA as % of Labour cost	238%	235%	252%	227%	229%	218%	222%	230%	242%	226%	199%
Retail sale of automotive fuel
Gross Value Added	1,132	1,113	1,388	1,240	1,215	1,407	1,799	1,464	2,022	2,359	2,242
labour cost	370	372	456	501	541	557	548	587	611	643	617
GVA as % of Labour cost	306%	299%	304%	248%	225%	253%	328%	249%	331%	367%	363%

Source: Office of National Statistics: Annual Business Inquiry, published December, 12 months in arrears

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