IM Group, the car importer and distributor, has topped the list of automotive companies in the latest Sunday Times Top Track 250.

The index lists the biggest mid-market private businesses in the UK, 32 of which were part of the automotive industry.

IM Group was in thirteenth place out of the 250 companies represented. Benfield Motor Group (26) and Agnew Group (29) were part of the three companies which breached the top 30.

Rank in the Top 250		Company		Sales £m		Operating profit £m		Previous sales £m
13		IM Group		309.1		15		323
26		Benfield Motor Group		278.9		6		243
29		Agnew Group		276		9		227
31		Carcraft		273.1		12		211
33		Helston Garages		267.1		8		216
41		JM Group		252		4		225
62		Eastern Western Motor Group		234.8		6		173
65		Car Giant		233.9		2		244
66		Drive Motor Retail		232.9		3		190
77		Williams Group		220		6		185
80		Motorpoint		218.7		2		227
89		Reeve (Derby)		212.6		3		185
98		Dick Lovett Group		205.9		4		173
120		RH Patterson		190.9		2		179
123		Peoples		188.9		1		189
142		Glenvarigil Company		179.2		-3		159
145		Hendy Group		177.5		4		166
146		TC Harrison		177		5		170
149		The Harratts Group		175.5		2		155
151		Meteor Group		174.1		5		170
158		Caledonia Motor Group		170.5		-2		267
170		John Clark Motor Group		167.1		2		139
173		Brooklyn		163.6		1		145
193		Laindon Holdings		152.9		5		147
201		DonnellyGroup		149.9		3		134
224		Gordon Lamb Group		139.5		2		120
228		Sinclair Garages		137.4		4		116
236		GK Group		134.3		2		128
240		Stoneacre		133.5		7		99
242		Jennings		132.3		2		115
243		Pentagon Mercedes-Benz		132.2		3		125
243		Snows Motor Group		130		1		118