
Major international purchasing cooperations such as ATR, Temot, Groupauto International, AD International and NEXUS Automotive International are still able to hold their positions in Europe, facing the growing market power of some of their members. The newcomer among the cooperations, Global One Automotive has also gained 38 members since its foundation in 2016. At the beginning of 2018, another member will join the Northern Irish national purchasing cooperation FG7.

Outlook
The continuous decline of parts dealers is one of the first consequences of the rapid consolidation in the European car parts distribution and the ensuing restructuring of the market. With the increasing involvement of North American companies such as LKQ (USA), Uni-Select (Canada) or Genuine Parts Company (USA) in the European IAM, a different understanding of the market is coming to Europe. For example, the North American market does not have as many distribution levels as the European market and companies like Genuine Parts Company distribute about 90% of their own brands (NAPA).An increasing share of e-mobility, technological developments, especially in the digital sector, consolidations in the parts trade, the struggle for data sovereignty and political interventions will shake up the foundations of the IAM, even though their impact often only becomes apparent with a delay.
The IAM will have to face these developments. Either way.
Contents of the study „The Car Aftermarket in Europe 2017“:
In „The Car Aftermarket in Europe“, the following market segments were examined on more than 3,000 pages for 35 countries each:- market volume for 10 product groups (wear parts, body component, aggregates, electrical parts, accessories, car glass, chemicals, oil, tires, paint)
- market shares of the IAM / OES market for the 10 mentioned product groups
- structures of the IAM and OES market with a focus on:
- trade structures (cooperations, distributors, specialist retailers, retail chains, direct marketers, web shops and much more)
- workshop structures according to workshop types and workshop system affiliation
- in addition, company profiles with sales, outlet and contact details of more than 2,000 of the largest aftermarket players in Europe were compiled
The report is based on the After Sales ACCESS database from wolk after sales experts, with more than 8,000 registered companies in Europe.
Country reports are available separately.
More information at:
http://www.wolk-aftersales.com/car-aftermarket-europe-report-market-analysis-automotive-aftermarket.html