Welp MagazineThis article showcases some of the most popular players in the Automotive space. Our analysts selected these companies for a variety of reasons. This list may include both state and private ventures providing the most value within the Automotive industry.
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Top Automotive Companies
Auto Trader
Auto Trader is a motoring marketplace that helps people to sell old cars and buy new vehicles.
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Halfords
Halfords is the UK’s leading retailer of motoring, cycling and leisure products and, through Halfords Autocentres.
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comparethemarket.com
comparethemarket.com is a company which allows customers to save money by comparing prices in a wide range of goods and services.
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Euro Car Parts
Euro Car Parts is a distributor of an automotive parts.
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Autocar
Autocar is a weekly British automobile magazine published by Haymarket Motoring Publications Ltd.
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PlatesExpress
PlatesExpress specializes in personalised number plates including 4d, 5d number plates.
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The Automobile Association
The Automobile Association provides breakdown cover and roadside assistance services for motor vehicles and bikes.
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Auto Express
Auto Express is a car magazine that features spy shots and illustrations of forthcoming cars, along with news, road tests, and more.
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Motors.co.uk
Motors.co.uk is a used car classified advertising website.
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rentalcars.com
Rentalcars.com, an online car rental service, offers prices on all car groups, including luxury cars, people carriers, minivans, and more.
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PistonHeads
PistonHeads is an online magazine and community for owners and enthusiasts of sports and performance cars.
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Carwow
Carwow helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers and makes buying a car easy and enjoyable.
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Farnell element14
Farnell element14 is a high-service distributor of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance, and repair.
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RAC
RAC has been consistently at the forefront of developing motoring services.
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Ford UK
Ford UK is a manufacturer of cars and commercial vehicles, helping people and businesses progress.
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Volkswagen UK
Volkswagen UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Group in Germany that manages all aspects of car sales in the U.K.
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DriveTribe
DriveTribe is a digital media platform that allows businesses to create & publish automobile-related contents to their customers.
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BMW UK
The BMW Group is the world’s leading provider of premium products and premium services for individual mobility.
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Car Throttle
Car Throttle is the internet’s fastest growing car community.
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Autosport
Autosport, a respected and authoritative digital voice in international motorsport.
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Evans Halshaw
Evans Halshaw is an online marketplace where individuals can buy or sell new and used cars.
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Audi UK
Audi is one of the UK’s leading premium automotive brands and our objective is to become the premium car brand by 2015.
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Vauxhall Motors
Vauxhall Motors is an English automotive manufacturing and distribution company.
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Lookers Chipperfield Land Lover
Lookers Chipperfield Land Lover provides motor retail for brand Land Rover.
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Car Shop
Car Shop is the UK’s leading car supermarket with quality cars for sale, with stores in Northampton, Swindon, Cardiff, Doncaster & Norwich.
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Merlin Cycles
Merlin Cycles manufactures and supplies mountain and road bikes, equipment, and accessories.
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Land Rover
Land Rover is an automobile company that specializes in four wheel drive vehicles.
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Lookers
The Lookers Group offer new and used cars from leading manufacturers, as well as extensive aftersales services.
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Castrol
Castrol is a worldwide leader in high performance lubricants for the automotive, industrial, marine and aerospace industries.
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Aston Martin
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings manufacture luxury sports cars and grand tourers independently.
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Oldham Hyundai
Oldham Hyundai manufactures and distributes motor vehicles and parts.
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Bentley Motors
The British luxury car company, dedicated to developing and crafting the world’s most desirable high performance cars.
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Select Car Leasing
Select Car Leasing are regarded as one of the UK’s leading independent leasing specialists for cars and vans.
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Bennetts
Bennetts is a specialist motorbike insurance broker headquartered in Peterborough.
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Bristol Street Motors
Bristol Street Motors is an automotive dealer and is known for its honesty, integrity and quality of customer service.
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Autodata
Autodata is Europe’s leading publisher and supplier of technical information to the automotive aftermarket.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles designs, engineers, manufactures and sells vehicles and related parts, services, and production systems worldwide.
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Who Can Fix My Car
Who Can Fix My Car is an online car repair and servicing marketplace enabling users to obtain quotations from garages.
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Cargiant
Cargiant is a car dealership company.
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Parkopedia
Parkopedia allows drivers to find parking online, on their mobile or using their car navigation system, in over 8000 cities around the world
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GSF Car Parts
GSF Car Parts is a distributor of car parts and accessories.
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Motorway
Motorway is an online marketplace that connects used car sellers to buyers.
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Churchill Insurance
Churchill Insurance is one of the UK’s first direct motor insurers.
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Rolls-Royce plc
Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
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Stoneacre Motor Group
We’re one of the UK’s largest, fastest growing and most successful motor groups.
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Sytner Group
Sytner Group represents 19 of the world’s most desirable car manufacturers in over 100 dealerships across the UK.
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Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover Cars is a brand of Jaguar Land Rover, a British multinational car manufacturer headquartered in Coventry, United Kingdom.
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Regtransfers
Regtransfers is one of the first independent cherished registration specialist companies formed in the UK.
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British Car Auctions
British Car Auctions is a provider of used vehicle remarketing services.
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Nationwide Vehicle Contracts
Nationwide Vehicle Contracts is a business that leases both cars and vans.
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Big Motoring World
Big Motoring World Group is the largest independent used BMW dealer in the UK, previously winning the prestigious Motor Trader Award.
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Lotus Cars
Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of state of the art, hand built sports cars and formula 1 racing cars.
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Perrys Motor Sales
Perrys are the award winning national dealer group.
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Airfix
Airfix is the oldest UK manufacturer of scale plastic model kits and has been producing kits for the mass market since 1952.
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Plates4Less
Find, buy and sell private number plates direct from Plates4less, VRM Swansea.
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Airforce Technology
Airforce-Technology.com’s procurement and reference resources make it a key destination
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JCT600
JCT600 is a motor retailer company based in United kingdom.
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Sheilas’ Wheels
Sheilas’ Wheels offers car insurance, multi car Insurance, home insurance & travel insurance specifically designed with women in mind.
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Pod Point
We’re building the infrastructure needed for the mass adoption of electric vehicles in the UK & Europe.
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Pentagon Motor
Pentagon Motor is a well-respected and established vehicle dealership group with deep expertise and a strong national reputation.
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John Clark Motor Group
John Clark Motor Group is a family run and owned business proudly representing well-known automotive brands across Scotland.
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Cyclestore
Cyclestore is an on-line cycle shop based in the UK supplying cycle parts and accessories for road, touring, mountain and bmx cycling.
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Drover
Drover is a mobility-as-a-service platform providing monthly, all-in car subscriptions to its end-customers.
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TyresOnTheDrive.com
TyresOnTheDrive.com is an online business offering a huge variety of tyres, with mobile tyre fitting, tyre repairs, and recycling services.
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CitNOW
CitNOW is a provider of video software solutions to the automotive industry.
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Jardine Motors Group
Jardine Motors Group is an franchised motorcar dealerships offering new and used cars, accident support and corporate services.
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Regit
Using data to help motorists connect with brands at the key moments that matter all the way through their ownership lifecycle
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Tempcover
Tempcover are specialists in temporary motor insurance.
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FIA Formula E
Formula E is a new FIA motor racing championship featuring single-seater cars powered exclusively by electricity.
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Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover manufactures and sells high-performance luxury saloons, specialist sports cars and four-wheel drive off-road vehicles.
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Park’s Motor Group
Park’s Motor Group is an automotive company.
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Practical Caravan
Practical Caravan is Britain’s best selling caravan magazine.
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Micro Scooters
Micro Scooters are iconic, award winning scooter company providing Swiss designed and engineered scooters to make moving around busy towns.
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Carbase
The biggest independent used car dealership in the South West of the UK
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Traveline
Traveline provides impartial travel information about all forms of public transport in Great Britain.
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ClickMechanic
ClickMechanic is an online marketplace for users to find mechanics.
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Hendy Group
Hendy Group is a motor vehicle company.
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CIPS
UK based international education and qualification body representing purchasing and supply chain professionals.
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Book My Garage
BookMyGarage.com is the UK’s only unbiased, real-time, car servicing comparison site, serving the needs of car owners and garages alike.
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Blue Motor Finance
Blue is one of the UK’s premier consumer motor finance companies, lending over £750m to over 80,000 customers.
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Superbike Factory
Superbike Factory is a digital-first business which combines retail and sourcing online with a physical showroom operation in Macclesfield.
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HPI Ltd
HPI is the market leading supplier of technology driven data solutions to the automotive market in the United Kingdom
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The Private Plate Company
Largest dealer of personal number plates and DVLA number plates in the UK
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Cazoo
Cazoo is a developer of an online used car marketplace designed to transform the way people buy, finance, or rent used cars.
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RAC Cars
RAC Cars is a marketplace where users can buy cars, sell cars and obtain auto financing.
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Swansway
Swansway Group is dedicated to helping you find the right car.
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VistaBee
VistaBee is a digital content creation platform, operating across real estate, news, automotive, food and lifestyle markets.
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CarReg
Leading dealers buying and selling private number plates and DVLA number plates for over 30 years.
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Drive Vauxhall
Drive Vauxhall is an automotive showroom chain that offers comprehensive services, products and sales related to automotive.
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Britax
Britax designs, assembles, manufactures, and markets child safety car seats.
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Williams Grand Prix Engineering
Williams Advanced Engineering is the technology and engineering services business of the Williams Group.
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Fixter
Fixter lets you book hassle-free car maintenance with free delivery from our trusted garage network
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Easirent Car Rentals
We are a nationwide Car Hire and Van hire company with a history of over 25 years in budget rental car services.
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MotorEasy
MotorEasy is the smart way to manage, protect and maintain your car.
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Cazana
Cazana is an automotive fintech company that provides vehicle data, valuations, and audiences for the future of mobility.
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Men’s Gear
Men’s Gear is a gear and gadgets for men
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Bearmach
Bearmach is a supplier of quality assured parts and accessories that are suitable for the full range of Land Rover vehicles.
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RideTo
RideTo is the platform for learner motorcyclists.
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Aston Barclays
Aston Barclays is a vehicle auction and remarketing supplier in the UK.
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Zuto
Zuto is a team of car buying experts that offers one-on-one service, vehicle history checks, and free vehicle valuation checks.
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Johnsons Cars
Johnsons Cars operates as an independent car dealership.
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Ring (Ring Automotive Ltd)
Ring is a European brand in vehicle lighting, auto electrics, workshop tools and auto accessories.
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H.R. Owen
H.R. Owen is Britain’s leading luxury motor dealer for prestigious cars.
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