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As of 4 November 2026, 38,523 vehicle & parts retail are based in Germany; 1,094 are hiring right now and Gelsenkirchen has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 38,523
- Hiring now
- 1,094 · 134 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Franchised car dealerships · 10,301
- Top city
- Gelsenkirchen · 861
- Parent market
- Automotive · 72,304
Vehicle & parts retail in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Franchised car dealerships | 10,301 | 27% |
| Used car dealerships | 8,924 | 23% |
| Car buying services | 6,052 | 16% |
| Online auto parts shops | 5,979 | 16% |
| Scrap car buyers | 2,847 | 7% |
| Auto parts distributors | 2,014 | 5% |
| Motorcycle dealerships | 1,972 | 5% |
| Motorcycle parts retail | 1,883 | 5% |
| Bicycle shops | 1,857 | 5% |
| Vehicle dismantlers | 1,661 | 4% |
| Tire & wheel retailers | 1,339 | 3% |
| Other vehicle & parts retail | 1,328 | 3% |
| Luxury & classic car dealers | 1,151 | 3% |
| Commercial vehicle dealers | 1,075 | 3% |
| Caravan & motorhome dealers | 803 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 10,798 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 24,875 · 597 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,798 · 156 |
| 51-200 employees | 648 · 175 |
| 201-500 employees | 253 · 85 |
| 501-1000 employees | 88 · 42 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 50 · 32 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 4 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 9 · 4 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Gelsenkirchen | 861 | 2% |
| Bochum | 675 | 2% |
| Berlin | 633 | 2% |
| Hamburg | 505 | 1% |
| Frankfurt am Main | 438 | 1% |
| Essen | 429 | 1% |
| Wiesbaden | 427 | 1% |
| Köln | 374 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 355 | 1% |
| München | 322 | 1% |
| Vélizy-Villacoublay | 224 | 1% |
| Ostfildern | 217 | 1% |
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38,523 vehicle & parts retail are based in Germany; 1,094 are hiring right now and Gelsenkirchen has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/automotive/germany/vehicle_and_parts_retail)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Vehicle & parts retail in Germany: questions
How many vehicle & parts retail are there in Germany?
38,523 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Automotive → Vehicle & parts retail → leaf niches such as franchised car dealerships, used car dealerships, car buying services. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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