How to Set Up a Garage System in FiveM (ESX & QBCore)

A garage system is essential for any roleplay server — it’s how players actually keep and use the vehicles they buy. This tutorial gets a garage working cleanly on ESX or QBCore, and covers the mistakes that make cars “vanish.”

Step 1 — Dependencies

Modern garages typically depend on:

• oxmysql (database)
• ox_lib (UI/menus)
• Your framework (es_extended / qb-core / qbx_core)
• A target system for interaction (e.g. ox_target) if the garage uses “look at the marker to open”

Confirm these start before the garage.

Step 2 — Add the resource + import SQL

1. Drop the garage folder into resources/.
2. Import its .sql (garages usually add a table for stored vehicles / garage states). Back up first.
3. If it hooks into your existing owned_vehicles table, don’t create a duplicate — read the docs.

Step 3 — Load order

ensure oxmysql
ensure ox_lib
ensure es_extended
ensure ox_target
ensure my-garage

Step 4 — Configure locations, spawns and blips

This is the part that makes a garage feel good:

• Garage locations — coordinates where players open the garage menu.
• Spawn points — where the vehicle physically appears. Keep them clear of geometry so cars don’t spawn inside a wall.
• Blips — map markers so players can find garages.
• Vehicle categories — cars, boats, aircraft in separate garages if your script supports it.
• Impound / lost vehicles — where cars go when destroyed, and the fee to recover them.

Step 5 — Test the full loop

• Buy or spawn an owned vehicle.
• Store it in the garage.
• Reconnect, reopen the garage, retrieve the same vehicle (correct plate, damage state if supported).
• Destroy a car and recover it from impound.

If a stored car doesn’t come back, it’s almost always a plate mismatch between the garage table and your ownership table.

Choosing a garage script

The default framework garages work but feel dated. Premium options add customizable interiors, shared/gang garages, license-plate management and a modern UI. Respected paid options exist across the ecosystem; one polished, multi-framework choice is Quasar Garages, which offers decorated personal garages, multiple IPL interiors and access permissions — you can see it on the Quasar Store. Whatever you pick, verify its resmon under load, because a garage that runs distance checks every frame can quietly cost FPS — see our optimization guide.

Where to go next

A garage is one piece of a coherent vehicle experience. Pair it with a clean HUD and a solid inventory (for trunk storage), and you have the foundations of a believable roleplay economy.