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Top 25 Car auction platforms based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 214 car auction platforms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 8,566 professional contacts across them, including 2,403 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers car auction platforms headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest car auction platforms based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,712 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Europe's No.1 Vehicle Remarketing Company Specialises in multi-channel auctions of second hand cars, vans and trucks from leading European vehicle vendors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,616 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “You’ve probably heard of Autotrader, but do you know what we’re all about?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 648 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're the UK's largest car buying service and have helped over 4 million customers to sell their car since 2006.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 579 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're Carwow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 465 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Manheim - a Cox Automotive product brand - helps manufacturers, fleets and dealers buy, sell, process and manage their vehicle assets efficiently, profitably and confidently.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 411 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Global leader in online vehicle remarketing and recycling, Copart UK, was established in 2007 and handles over vehicles each year through online auctions for a variety of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 378 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Buying and selling cars should be simpler.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 363 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're cinch.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 127 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Euro Auctions has been specializing in conducting unreserved auctions of Industrial Equipment and Construction Machinery since 1998 and continues to go from strength to strength.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The family owned business, Wilsons Auctions, was formed in 1936 by William J Wilson.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The single solution to online vehicle retailing and finance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our vision at AA Cars is to ensure that everyone looking to buy a used car can buy it with confidence with products and services supplied by the AA, the UK's most trusted brand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Collecting Cars is the leading global digital auction platform for collectible cars, bikes, and automobilia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Autorola UK is part of Autorola Group, the world’s fastest growing online vehicle remarketing company with subsidiaries in over 20 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dealer Auction is the smartest digital wholesale marketplace, giving buyers and sellers in the UK more choice, better insight and greater margin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “G3 Vehicle Auctions are one of the UK's leading remarketing and vehicle disposal companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “OPENLANE UK, a business unit of global vehicle remarketing and technology solutions provider OPENLANE (NYSE: KAR), makes used car wholesale easy for its customers so they can be…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Motor Auction Group are a family-owned independent vehicle remarketing business originally established in 1947.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Used Cars NI is proud to be Northern Ireland's leading digital media platform for both sellers and buyers of all types of vehicles - from cars and commercials, to marine and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thank you for following us, we really appreciate your interest in our business!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Live Online Bidding at Real Auction Houses BROWSE, BID, BUY Products Live Auction Bidding Timed Auction Bidding Auction Management Software White Label Websites (Live/Timed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Car Buying Group, established in 2014 operate thecarbuyinggroup.co.uk, one of the fastest growing online car buying services in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Commercial Vehicle Auctions Ltd (CVA) are the Leading Professional Auctioneers of Commercial Vehicles and Plant in the UK & Ireland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Online auction specialising in commercial vehicles and plant.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Shoreham Vehicle Auctions is an independent operator which celebrated its 60th anniversary in November 2021.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: car auction platforms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names car auction platforms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of car auction platforms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name car auction platforms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Car auction platforms based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 27, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 214 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among car auction platforms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “car auction platforms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names car auction platforms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among car auction platforms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,403 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names car auction platforms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many car auction platforms are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 214 car auction platforms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
BCA UK, headquartered in Hook, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most car auction platforms?
London leads with 48 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (7) and Leeds (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,403 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 214 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.