26 platforms · United Kingdom
British industrial auctions run largely through platforms that host many auctioneers rather than through single houses, which is why the same week's calendar mixes insolvency specialists, regional firms and national brands. Plant and machinery is the core, with metalworking, food processing and materials handling as recurring specialisms. The platform hosting a sale does not set its terms: buyer's premium, VAT, viewing and removal are decided by the auctioneer running it, and they vary widely. Read the conditions attached to the specific auction, not the platform's general pages.
Of the 26 platforms here, 4 accept private buyers, 3 are trade-only and for 19 we have not confirmed who may bid. We have confirmed the buyer's premium for 2 of 26.
| Platform | Where you bid | Who can bid | Buyer's premium | Based in | Sells |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BidSpotter UK | Aggregator | Open to private buyers | Not checked | United Kingdom | Industrial machinery, CNC and machine tools |
| BPI Auctions | Not checked | Open to private buyers | Not checked | Wakefield, United Kingdom | Agricultural machinery, Catering and horeca equipment |
| John Pye Auctions | Not checked | Open to private buyers | 25% | Chesterfield, United Kingdom | Catering and horeca equipment, Industrial machinery |
| MST Auctioneers | Not checked | Open to private buyers | Not checked | United Kingdom | Industrial machinery, Catering and horeca equipment |
| Apex Auctions | Marketplace | Trade buyers only | 18% | Brighton, United Kingdom | CNC and machine tools, Forklifts and warehouse equipment |
| City Auction Group | Not checked | Trade buyers only | Not checked | Peterborough, United Kingdom | Passenger cars, Vans and light commercials |
| Manheim UK | Marketplace | Trade buyers only | Not checked | United Kingdom | Passenger cars, Vans and light commercials |
| AuctionNews | Official notice board | Not confirmed | Not checked | United Kingdom | CNC and machine tools, Metalworking machinery |
| British Medical Auctions | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Bracknell, United Kingdom | Laboratory and medical equipment |
| CVA Auctions | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Doncaster, United Kingdom | Trucks, Vans |
| East Anglian Motor Auctions | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Wymondham, United Kingdom | Passenger cars, Vans and light commercials |
| Euro Auctions | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Dromore, United Kingdom | Excavators and earthmoving, Construction machinery and site equipment |
| G. J. Wisdom & Co | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Bexleyheath, United Kingdom | Catering and horeca equipment, Office and school furniture |
| Gateway Auctions | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | United Kingdom | Construction machinery and site equipment, Excavators and earthmoving |
| George Hazell & Co | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Thetford, United Kingdom | Industrial machinery, Boats and vessels |
| GPSV | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Ingleton, United Kingdom | Ex-military vehicles and equipment, Trucks and HGVs |
| Hilditch Group | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Malmesbury, United Kingdom | Laboratory and medical equipment, IT and office equipment |
| Husseys of Exeter | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Exeter, United Kingdom | Passenger cars, Vans and light commercials |
| MachineBidder | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | United Kingdom | CNC and machine tools, Metalworking machinery |
| Mid Ulster Auctions | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Magherafelt, United Kingdom | Construction machinery and site equipment, Excavators and earthmoving |
| NCM Auctions | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | United Kingdom | Industrial machinery, Metalworking machinery |
| Peaker Pattinson | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Stamford, United Kingdom | CNC and machine tools, Metalworking machinery |
| Ramco UK | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | United Kingdom | Industrial machinery, Catering and horeca equipment |
| SalvageMarket | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | United Kingdom | Salvage and damaged vehicles, Passenger cars |
| Sweeney Kincaid | Auction house | Not confirmed | Not checked | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Industrial machinery, Passenger cars |
| Watts & Associates Auctions | Not checked | Not confirmed | Not checked | Carlton, United Kingdom | Construction machinery and site equipment, Agricultural machinery |
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Thetford, United Kingdom
Sells Industrial machinery, Boats and vessels, Office and school furniture +2 more
George Hazell & Co works the insolvency and business recovery end of the market rather than the consignment end. The firm values…
Carlton, United Kingdom
Sells Construction machinery and site equipment, Agricultural machinery, Garden and outdoor equipment +4 more
Watts & Associates runs plant and machinery sales built around a three-day structure that is worth understanding before you plan…
Peterborough, United Kingdom
Sells Passenger cars, Vans and light commercials, Trucks and HGVs +3 more
City Auction Group runs three centres with distinct jobs. Peterborough is the flagship — indoor auction lanes holding 450 cars…
United Kingdom
Sells Salvage and damaged vehicles, Passenger cars, Trucks and HGVs +2 more
SalvageMarket runs online salvage auctions across Britain, with several hundred lots live at once — 846 at the time of checking…
Magherafelt, United Kingdom
Sells Construction machinery and site equipment, Excavators and earthmoving, Agricultural machinery +4 more
Mid Ulster Auctions works the Northern Irish plant and machinery market, and the category list reads like a contractor's yard…
United Kingdom
Sells Passenger cars, Vans and light commercials, Trucks and HGVs +2 more
Manheim runs the largest vehicle auction network in Britain, with centres at Birmingham, Bristol, Colchester, Gloucester…
United Kingdom
Sells CNC and machine tools, Metalworking machinery, Printing machinery +5 more
AuctionNews indexes British commercial, industrial and liquidation auctions, and its value is in how finely it slices the…
Dromore, United Kingdom
Sells Excavators and earthmoving, Construction machinery and site equipment, Cranes and lifting +5 more
Euro Auctions is one of the largest plant and machinery auctioneers operating in Europe, and the scale is the point: a single…
Malmesbury, United Kingdom
Sells Laboratory and medical equipment, IT and office equipment, Office and school furniture
Hilditch Group sells used medical equipment, and it works with more than ninety per cent of NHS trust hospitals — which means…
Bracknell, United Kingdom
Sells Laboratory and medical equipment
British Medical Auctions sells surplus medical equipment from NHS facilities and private healthcare providers, and its catalogue…
Wymondham, United Kingdom
Sells Passenger cars, Vans and light commercials, Trucks and HGVs +3 more
East Anglian Motor Auctions is a family business founded in 1946 and now in its third generation, working from a purpose-built…
Bexleyheath, United Kingdom
Sells Catering and horeca equipment, Office and school furniture, IT and office equipment +3 more
G.J. Wisdom & Co was set up in 1987 to serve what was then the bailiff industry, and that origin still shapes the business. It…
Ingleton, United Kingdom
Sells Ex-military vehicles and equipment, Trucks and HGVs, Forklifts and warehouse equipment +3 more
GPSV works a narrow, useful seam: ex-MoD, NATO, PLC and local authority trucks, plant, machinery and specialist vehicles, sold…
Exeter, United Kingdom
Sells Passenger cars, Vans and light commercials, Trucks and HGVs +2 more
Husseys has been auctioning in Exeter since 1777, which makes it one of the oldest firms of auctioneers still trading in Britain…
Stamford, United Kingdom
Sells CNC and machine tools, Metalworking machinery, Industrial machinery +3 more
Peaker Pattinson handles industrial asset disposal for named manufacturers, and the client list is the reason to watch it: recent…
United Kingdom
Sells CNC and machine tools, Metalworking machinery, Industrial machinery +1 more
MachineBidder is a British online auction platform built specifically for industrial assets, and it is unusually direct about who…
Doncaster, United Kingdom
Sells Trucks, Vans, Passenger cars +2 more
CVA describes itself as the UK's most established auction house for the light and heavy commercial vehicle market, and its…
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sells Industrial machinery, Passenger cars, Vans +2 more
Sweeney Kincaid works the Scottish end of the business-asset market from a seven-acre purpose-built auction centre at Hillington…
United Kingdom
Sells Construction machinery and site equipment, Excavators and earthmoving, Cranes and lifting +1 more
Gateway Auctions is a British online auction house built around contractors' plant, operating from its own UK auction site. It…
United Kingdom
Sells Industrial machinery, Catering and horeca equipment, Trucks +2 more
Ramco is a British asset disposal business organised by the sector it sells for rather than by what it sells, and that list is…
United Kingdom
Sells Industrial machinery, CNC and machine tools, Metalworking machinery +9 more
BidSpotter is not an auction house — it is the platform on which a large part of the British industrial auction trade runs its…
United Kingdom
Sells Industrial machinery, Metalworking machinery, Woodworking machinery +7 more
NCM Auctions sells surplus business assets across an unusually wide spread of sectors, working from offices in Doncaster, Leeds…
United Kingdom
Sells Industrial machinery, Catering and horeca equipment, Office and school furniture +4 more
MST Auctioneers is a Devon-based firm whose client list tells you exactly what turns up in its sales: insolvency practitioners…
Chesterfield, United Kingdom
Sells Catering and horeca equipment, Industrial machinery, IT and office equipment +3 more
John Pye Auctions is the trading name of John Pye & Sons Limited (company number 02564753), a family-run auction house founded in…
Brighton, United Kingdom
Sells CNC and machine tools, Forklifts and warehouse equipment, Industrial robots and automation +2 more
Apex Auctions Limited is a Brighton-based auctioneer of used machinery and surplus industrial equipment, trading since 2002 (UK…
Wakefield, United Kingdom
Sells Agricultural machinery, Catering and horeca equipment, CNC and machine tools +5 more
BPI Auctions is a commercial asset disposal business based at Ripley House, Ripley Drive, Normanton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire…
Only platforms with a fixed saleroom appear here. Several sell nationwide with the collection address published per lot, so the map shows fewer pins than there are platforms.
