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About AUTO1 Group SE

AUTO1 Group SE is a German-listed company traded on Xetra/Frankfurt (DAX/MDAX/SDAX) and positioned at the intersection of automotive retail, online commerce, and vehicle-related financial services. Founded in 2012 by Christian Bertermann and Hakan Koç, the company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and has become one of Europe’s leading digital automotive platforms for buying, selling, and financing used cars. Its business model is vertically integrated, combining vehicle sourcing, reconditioning, remarketing, B2C retail distribution, and B2B dealer connectivity. AUTO1 operates through several complementary brands. wirkaufendeinauto.de targets private sellers who want a quick and convenient way to dispose of their used car, with a proposition centered on simplicity, speed, and non-negotiated pricing. AUTO1.com is the group’s core B2B marketplace, enabling professional dealers across Europe to buy and sell used cars efficiently. Autohero serves the consumer market with a fully digital used-car purchasing journey, including reconditioned vehicles, home delivery, and a streamlined online experience. AUTO1 also offers financing solutions, strengthening its role as a broad platform rather than a pure marketplace intermediary. From a competitive standpoint, AUTO1 benefits from scale, data, and technology. The group says it is active in more than 30 countries and works with more than 60,000 active dealers, which helps it optimize cross-border flows, pricing, and inventory turnover. Its pan-European footprint and operating infrastructure provide a meaningful market position versus local players, traditional dealer networks, and niche digital competitors. For investors, the key question remains AUTO1’s ability to sustain volume growth while improving gross profit and maintaining cost discipline in a highly fragmented used-car market. Recent developments underline the company’s operational momentum. In 2025, AUTO1 reported record vehicle volumes, gross profit, and adjusted EBITDA, with especially strong growth in both its Merchant and Retail segments. The company also raised full-year guidance after a strong second quarter of 2025, signaling continued commercial execution. Additional recent disclosures highlighted the rapid expansion of Europe’s used electric vehicle market on AUTO1.com, as well as hiring and growth initiatives across the continent. Overall, AUTO1 remains well placed to benefit from the continued digitization of Europe’s used-car market.