Brookz Automotive, Transport & Logistics Sector Monitor

Published: February 27, 2022, updated: March 14, 2025, Wietze Willem Mulder

Do you want to buy a business or sell your business in the sector?Automotive, Transportation & Logistics? This Brookz Sector Monitor can help you with that.

With this sector monitor we want to present (potential) buyers and sellers with facts and figures that provide insight into the number of transactions and the value development of businesses in the Automotive, Transport & Logistics sector. Because in every buying or selling process, thorough preparation provides peace of mind, overview and structure.

Sector information

The automotive sector is going through major changes. Increasing sales of electric vehicles, the development of self-driving cars, the shift from ownership to use with shared car concepts, urbanization and the growing congestion problem are leading to new forms and providers of mobility. The transportation and logistics sector is also changing.

Takeover market

Buying and selling Automotive, Transport & Logistics businesses is a lively market, but it largely takes place behind the scenes. The sector represents an average share of the total number of mergers and acquisitions in the Netherlands. Less than ten percent of all mergers and acquisitions take place in Automotive, Transport & Logistics.

Value development

Every party active in the takeover market wants to know the value of a company. With the Brookz Takeover Barometer we gauge the so-called multiples every six months. Looking at the past five years, the multiple for the Automotive, Transport & Logistics sector is always lower than for SMEs.

Automotive, Transport & Logistics sector monitor

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