DOW JONES–Auto1 has set long-term growth goals for its used car platform. As the MDAX company announced on the occasion of its Capital Markets Day, it is aiming for long-term sales growth of 20 to 40 percent per year in private customer business and 10 to 15 percent in corporate customer business (merchant). The forecast for the current year was confirmed.
For the merchant segment, Auto1 has set a “milestone target” of 1.2 million cars, after selling 740,732 cars last year. If this threshold is reached, the gross profit per vehicle should be at least 1,025 euros and the adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) should be at least 400 euros. In the long term, the aim is to achieve a gross profit of 1,080 to 1,200 euros and an EBITDA of 480 to 720 euros per car. In 2025, 976 and 323 euros were achieved, respectively.
In the retail segment, the milestone target is 300,000 cars sold in the year after 101,539 units in the previous year. Then the gross profit would be at least 3,300 (2025: 2,638) euros per car, the adjusted EBITDA would be at least 800 euros, after a loss of 410 euros per car was incurred in 2025. The long-term perspective envisages a gross profit of 3,880 to 4,470 euros and an adjusted EBITDA of 1,450 to 2,410 euros per vehicle.
“Five years after our successful IPO, we are now demonstrating the enormous long-term business potential for our merchant and retail business,” said CEO and co-founder Christian Bertermann.
For 2026, Auto1 continues to target sales of 940,000 to 1 million vehicles. In the merchant segment there should be 815,000 to 865,000, in the retail segment 125,000 to 135,000. Gross profit is estimated at 1.1 to 1.2 billion euros, adjusted EBITDA at 250 to 275 million euros.
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June 17, 2026 02:14 ET (06:14 GMT)
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