- CEO
- Christian Johansson Gebauer
- Full Time Employees
- 1,687
- Sector
- Distribution services
- Industry
- Wholesale distributors
- Address
- Mannerheimintie 105 Helsinki UU Finland 00280
- IPO Date
- Oct 17, 2019
- Business
- Relais Group Oyj Relais Group Oyj serves as a leading consolidator and acquisition platform in the commercial vehicle aftermarket across Northern Europe, focusing on vehicle life cycle enhancement through spare parts distribution, repair services, and related equipment. The company imports and wholesales a broad range of products including automotive electrical parts, vehicle lighting solutions such as auxiliary and working lights, warning lights, power management systems, batteries, inverters, rear-view and side-view cameras, camera systems for heavy vehicles, workshop equipment like lift racks, tire machines, and test equipment, as well as spare parts for trucks, buses, vans, trailers, cooling systems, lifts, work machines, and marine applications; it also offers repair and maintenance services for commercial vehicles and trailers through its extensive network of independent workshops, alongside online sales of vehicle lighting products via brands like those from its subsidiaries. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, and founded in 1996 as Startax Auto-Electronics Oy, Relais Group Oyj operates in eight countries including the Nordic region, Baltics, Benelux, and Germany, employing approximately 1,700 professionals and serving fleet operators, transport companies, dealers, and aftermarket customers with group companies such as Raskone Oy, Awimex International AB, Trucknik Reservdelar AB, AB Reservdelar, Team Verksted, Lastvagnsdelar AS, Matro Group, and SEC Set Ecofoss A/S. In 2025, the company completed five acquisitions to drive growth and consolidation, including Matro Group in Belgium in July for expansion into Central European truck accessories, Team Verksted Holding AS and its subsidiary Lastvagnsdelar AS in June to become the largest independent commercial vehicle repair chain operator in the Nordics with 61 workshops across Finland, Norway, and Sweden, Autodelar Sweden AB by AB Reservdelar in July, two heavy commercial vehicle workshops from Wetteri Auto Oy by Raskone in July, and earlier deals like TJ Fordonsservice; these moves add significant EBITA, synergies estimated up to NOK 30 million annually from operational efficiencies and cross-selling, and strengthen its positions in technical wholesale and repair segments.