Business asset auctions in Birmingham
We run auctions and private treaty sales for businesses in Birmingham, West Midlands, and the towns around it including Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, West Bromwich, Walsall, Dudley, Coventry, Redditch, Tamworth. Sales are catalogued and held on your premises, or we collect the assets and sell them from our own premises when that suits better. Bidding is online and open to trade buyers across the UK.
Birmingham has a very large industrial property market. Automotive component makers, pressings and metal finishing shops, general engineering and food manufacturers are spread across the city, with logistics operators in the larger sheds to the east near the airport. Established industrial areas include Tyseley, Witton, Aston, Saltley, Minworth and Kings Norton. Birmingham Business Park and Gateway Park sit near junction 6 of the M42.
The M6 crosses the north of the city, with junctions 5 to 7 giving access to Castle Bromwich, Witton and Perry Barr. The M42 runs down the east side and the M5 starts at junction 8 of the M6 to the west. The A38 Aston Expressway links the city centre to the M6. Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International stations are on the West Coast Main Line. Inner city estates often have narrow access roads and limited yard space, so collection of large plant needs planning.
Services in Birmingham
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Business retirement auctions in Birmingham
Selling the machinery, stock and fittings when an owner retires and nobody is taking the business on.
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Business closure auctions in Birmingham
Turning the contents of a closing business into money before the lease ends and the keys go back.
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Surplus equipment sales in Birmingham
Selling the machines, tools and kit a working business no longer uses, without disrupting what it still does.
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Machinery and engineering auctions in Birmingham
CNC machines, lathes, mills, presses and workshop equipment sold to a trade market that knows what they are worth.
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Factory and workshop clearance in Birmingham
Selling everything on a commercial site and managing its removal so the premises can be handed back clear.
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Business relocation and downsizing sales in Birmingham
Selling the equipment that will not move to the new premises, timed around the move itself.
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Liquidation and insolvency asset sales in Birmingham
Sales run on the instruction of administrators, liquidators, lenders and landlords, with the records they need.
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Complete site dispersal auctions in Birmingham
One sale for the whole site: production machinery, tooling, spares, racking, offices and the vehicles outside.
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Stock clearance auctions in Birmingham
Surplus inventory, discontinued lines and bulk trade stock sold in lots sized for trade buyers.
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Plant and construction equipment auctions in Birmingham
Excavators, dumpers, generators, compressors and site equipment sold with the checks plant buyers expect.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions in Birmingham
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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Warehouse and logistics equipment sales in Birmingham
Forklifts, pallet trucks, racking, conveyors and handling equipment from warehouses that are closing or changing.
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Catering and hospitality equipment auctions in Birmingham
Commercial kitchens, front of house furniture and bar equipment from restaurants, hotels and pubs.
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Private treaty sales in Birmingham
A negotiated direct sale for a single high value machine or a situation where an open auction is the wrong route.
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Collective auctions and single item consignments in Birmingham
Smaller quantities and single items placed into a shared sale alongside other vendors' lots.
What tends to come to auction here
- Equipment from automotive supply chain businesses
- Equipment from metal pressings and finishing businesses
- Equipment from engineering businesses
- Equipment from food manufacturing businesses
- Equipment from logistics and distribution businesses
- Equipment from construction businesses
- Equipment from print and packaging businesses
Guides and questions
- Preparing machinery and equipment for sale
What to do in the days before viewing so machines fetch what they should. Isolate and make safe, clean but do not repaint, find the tooling and manuals, sort out access, and avoid the mistakes that cost sellers money.
- How used machinery is valued
Buyers pay for what a machine will do for them, less what it costs to get it out and running. This guide explains how make, hours, tooling, demand and removal cost feed a guide price, and why that price is not book value.
- Can you sell from a site that is still operating?
- What checks do you make on vehicles and plant?
- Who pays the buyer's premium and VAT?