Mobile tyre work is priced differently from a garage job, because you are paying for the fitter's travel and their time on site as well as the tyre itself. The good news is that the gap is far smaller than most people expect — and for a single tyre it is often cheaper than the recovery fee you would otherwise pay to get the car to a workshop.
Below are realistic UK ranges. They are what fitters on this platform actually quote, not headline prices designed to get you on the phone.
Typical mobile tyre prices in the UK
Puncture repair — £35 to £60
This covers the fitter attending, removing the wheel, breaking the tyre off the rim, inspecting it internally, fitting a combination stem-and-patch repair, rebalancing and refitting. Anything much under £30 usually means an external string plug, which is not a permanent repair and is not what you want.
Fitting a tyre you have already bought — £25 to £45 per tyre
Common for performance cars and unusual sizes where you have sourced the tyre online. You pay for labour, balancing, a new valve and disposal of the old tyre.
Supply and fit — £70 to £190+ per tyre
The single biggest variable is the tyre itself. A 175/65 R14 budget tyre for a city car is a completely different purchase from a 255/35 R20 premium performance tyre. As a rough guide for a common 205/55 R16 fitment: budget £70–£90, mid-range £95–£125, premium £130–£170, all-in and fitted.
Emergency and out-of-hours callout — £70 to £150
Evenings, nights, Sundays and bank holidays carry a premium because far fewer fitters are working. This should be quoted as one figure up front, not added to your bill afterwards.
Vans and light commercials — from £95 per tyre
Commercial fitments carry a higher load index and often reinforced construction, so the tyre costs more even in the same nominal size.
What actually moves the price
- Tyre size and rating. Width, profile, rim diameter, load index and speed rating all matter. A "91V" and a "94XL W" in the same section width are not interchangeable and are not the same price.
- Distance. Rural callouts cost more because the fitter's round trip is longer.
- Time of day. A 2am motorway-services job costs meaningfully more than a Tuesday morning driveway fitting.
- Stock. If your size is in the van, the job is straightforward. If it has to be collected from a depot first, that is reflected in the quote.
- Complications. Run-flats, locking nuts without a key, seized wheels, and tyres that have had sealant pumped into them all add time.
Is mobile more expensive than a garage?
For supply-and-fit of a single tyre, mobile is usually £10–£25 more than a high-street chain doing the same tyre. For a puncture repair the gap is smaller. Once you factor in the cost of getting a car with a destroyed tyre to a garage — either recovery, or the price of a replacement tyre you have ruined by driving on it flat — mobile frequently comes out ahead.
Where a garage still wins is on four-tyre changes for a car that drives perfectly well, and on anything requiring a four-wheel alignment rig, which a van cannot carry.
Questions worth asking before you accept a quote
- Is that the all-in figure including fitting, balancing, the valve, disposal and VAT?
- Which tyre brand and exact size are you supplying?
- What happens if the tyre turns out not to be repairable — what do I pay then?
- What is the arrival window, and what happens if you cannot make it?
Every fitter matched through FlatTyreHelp quotes an all-in figure before they are dispatched, so there is no meter running and no surprise line items on the invoice.