Garage Income Map: what unused space earns across Ireland, the UK & the Netherlands

Indicative host earnings by space type and market (host take-home, after the 5% Packhood fee)

List price Host keeps (after 5% fee)

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Methodology

For each of six space types we take Packhood’s published reference monthly list price in each market (the ASSET_EARNINGS reference table that also powers the embeddable garage-earnings widget), subtract Packhood’s 5% host commission to get host take-home, and multiply by 12 for the annual figure. The reference list prices are anchored to residential rent references — Daft.ie (IE), Rightmove (UK), Funda/CBS (NL) — converted to a storage-equivalent rate. Because Packhood is pre-launch, these are indicative list prices for the kind of space a host offers, not realised booking data; realised host earnings depend on occupancy, location and listing quality.

Full shared method (sampling, normalisation, audit): packhood.com/state-of-storage/methodology.

Limitations

• Pre-launch: figures are indicative list prices from Packhood’s reference rate card, NOT realised bookings or a sample of live listings (there are none yet).
• A single reference price per market is used; real prices vary widely by city, neighbourhood, condition, access and demand. City-level variation is covered in the State of Storage price index.
• Annual figures assume 12 months of continuous occupancy at the list price, which overstates realised income for seasonally-let or partially-occupied space.
• Host take-home reflects only Packhood’s 5% commission; it does not deduct any tax due. Tax-free allowances differ by market — see the tax-allowance sources.

Sources

• Packhood reference rate card (host earnings) & 5% commission — methodology
• Residential rent anchors: Daft.ie (IE), Rightmove (UK), Funda / CBS (NL)
• Revenue.ie — Rent-a-Room relief (IE tax context) ↗
• gov.uk — Property Allowance & Rent-a-Room scheme (UK tax context) ↗
• Belastingdienst — KOR small-business scheme (NL tax context) ↗

Questions journalists ask

How much can you earn renting out a garage for storage in the UK or Ireland?

On Packhood’s reference rates, a garage lists at about £130/month in the UK and €120/month in Ireland. After the 5% host commission a host keeps roughly £1,482/year (UK) or €1,368/year (Ireland). These are indicative list prices from the reference rate card, not realised bookings — the marketplace is pre-launch.

Which unused space earns the most?

Across all three markets a lockable spare room is the highest-earning space type in this model (about £150/mo UK, €140/mo IE, €135/mo NL list), ahead of a garage, basement, driveway, attic and shed. A shed earns the least. Figures are host take-home after the 5% fee.

Can I reuse this data?

Yes. The full table is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0). Download the CSV or JSON on the page and cite as "Packhood Research, Garage Income Map, packhood.com/research/garage-income-map".