- CEO
- Christian Bertermann
- Full Time Employees
- 5,549
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Auto - Dealerships
- Address
- Bergmannstrasse 72 Berlin Germany 10961
- IPO Date
- Aug 5, 2021
- Business
- AUTO1 Group SE (ATOGF) operates Europe's leading digital automotive platform for buying, selling, and financing used cars, serving professional dealers and consumers through its multi-brand ecosystem. The company offers core products and services including AUTO1.com, Europe's largest wholesale platform for used car trading professionals; Autohero, a retail brand providing consumers with a superior online used car buying experience supported by ten production centers across nine countries; wirkaufendeinauto.de and sister consumer brands with over 600 drop-off branches for instant car purchases and sales; remarketing solutions enabling partners to sell vehicles at optimal Europe-wide prices; and in-house consumer and merchant financing portfolios with fully digital solutions, including recent expansions into Poland and Sweden for merchant financing and a second public securitization (Finance Hero 2) in September 2025 combining loans from Germany and Austria. Founded in 2012 and headquartered at Bergmannstrasse 72 in Berlin, Germany, AUTO1 Group conducts operations in over 30 countries, primarily across Europe including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Poland, with approximately 6,300 employees as of late 2024. Recent developments include record 2024 financial results with 689,773 units sold, EUR 724.7 million gross profit, and EUR 109.2 million adjusted EBITDA; a June 2025 announcement to create over 2,000 new jobs and accelerate expansion of drop-off branches (adding around 60 in Q1 2025), Autohero production capacity, and support teams; ascension to the MDAX index in December 2024; and strong Q3 2025 performance with 24% unit sales growth, 60% merchant financing portfolio expansion to EUR 284 million, and 2025 guidance targeting 735,000-795,000 total units and EUR 135-165 million adjusted EBITDA.