Buying or selling a shop
An independent transfer count around completion — the same figures for vendor and purchaser, summarised on the day. See business-transfer stocktakes and the guide to a stocktake when buying or selling a shop.
Area we serve · Greater London
Stocktaking in Greater London
We come to your premises. Independent stocktaking for neighbourhood shops across Greater London — convenience stores, off-licences, newsagents and grocery shops. Greater London is the densest area we serve, ahead of the Home Counties and the South East. You will be given a detailed summary of cost and retail value of the stock on the day.
London shops we count
Neighbourhood shops are the core of our work, and Greater London is where our visit estate is densest. The premises we attend across London are the same independent formats we count nationally, led by:
- Convenience stores and corner shops
- Off-licences
- Newsagents and stationers
- Grocery shops, including South Asian and specialist grocers
- Post offices, pound shops, card shops and other high-street retail
The full premises list sits on types of business, and the shop-floor method on retail stocktaking. Forecourt shop and stockroom counts sit under forecourt stocktaking, and larger storage rooms under warehouse stocktaking.
What a Greater London stocktake looks like
Every job is booked as a visit to the premises you name — shop floor, stockroom, or both. Where your stock file and barcodes support it we scan with handheld EPOS equipment; where labels are missing or unsuitable we count by hand. The approach is the one described on barcode and manual counts. We count as an independent stocktaker, and the same phone, WhatsApp and enquiry form cover every booking, with no separate office to go through.
You will be given a detailed summary of cost and retail value of the stock on the day. When a shop changes hands, both sides review figures produced through the method on business-transfer stocktakes: counted at retail price, then adjusted for VAT and trade-recognised margins to a cost figure.
Reasons London shops book a count
Year-end and periodic counts
A stock-in-hand figure for accounts, or a planned internal check during the year. See periodic stocktakes and the guide to a year-end stocktake for independent shops.
Get a quote for a London count
Call, WhatsApp, or send the form for a no-obligation quote. Quotes can save up to 25% against typical market charges.
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