Top Automotive Companies and Startups in the UK

4 years ago

This 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.

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SEMRush.

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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