Founded 1925
DEKRA SE
Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
A German inspection and certification group best known for vehicle testing, which also runs industrial and product-testing, expert-appraisal, and training services across its European Company (SE) structure.
- Headquarters
- Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Founded
- 1925
- Website
- www.dekra.com
Notable facts
- Founded in Berlin in 1925 as the Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-Überwachungs-Verein (German Motor Vehicle Inspection Association); the head office moved to Stuttgart after operations resumed in 1946 following World War II.
- Described by Wikipedia as the world's largest non-listed inspection body, with about 48,646 employees and reported 2024 revenue of €4.29 billion.
- Operates roughly 480 branches and 38,500 inspection sites within Germany alone.
- Converted to a Societas Europaea (SE), a European Company legal structure, on 13 July 2010.
Testing categories
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