Autobiz.fr

What Autobiz.fr does

Autobiz.fr (operated by autobiz SAS, headquartered in Suresnes, France) is an online used-vehicle valuation and buyback platform connecting individual car sellers with a curated network of 200 partner garages across France. The company's flagship products are the consumer-facing vendre.autobiz.fr marketplace, the standalone coteauto.autobiz.fr valuation portal, and the proprietary autobizMarket® engine, which computes vehicle prices from over 1 million daily listings observed in the private and professional French market. Customers receive a free valuation in under two minutes, book an appointment at a vetted partner garage (within 50 km, reviews above 3.5/5), and complete the sale in under an hour with secure bank transfer within 48–72 working hours. The business model is freemium to consumers; revenue comes from partners paying for qualified leads and completed transactions, with an optional 300€ Bonus Program that ties sellers into purchasing a used vehicle from partner inventory of 5,000 units.

The company was founded in 2006 by Christophe Louvard and pioneered automated observed-market valuation, later creating France's first professional car buyback network in 2010. A 2017 strategic investment from PSA Group (now Stellantis) anchored its position within OEM used-car remarketing flows. Operations are concentrated in France with stated ambitions in Europe, supported by an 11–50 employee team, proprietary valuation software with registered trademark protection, and a partner-led distribution model that combines SEO-driven top-of-funnel demand with bottom-of-funnel partner referrals.

Name

Autobiz.fr

Legal name

autobiz SAS

Website

https://autobiz.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Autobiz.fr is a French online platform that prices and buys used cars from individual sellers through a network of 200 partner garages, monetizing transaction commissions while the proprietary autobizMarket® engine values vehicles from over 1 million daily market listings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Used Car Valuation and Buyback Services

NAICS

Used Car Dealers (441120)

SIC

Retail-Auto Dealers & Gasoline Stations (5500)

akta.pro primary industry

Automotive Vehicles & Parts C2C (CRAFAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wholesale Vehicle Auctions (Physical & Online) (TLABAKAA)

Keywords

• Vehicle valuation services
• Used car buyback
• Automotive pricing software
• Car resale marketplace
• Market-based vehicle pricing

Headquarters

HQ city

Suresnes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Vehicle Buyback Commission: Autobiz facilitates the sale of used vehicles between car owners and partner garages. The company earns revenue from commissions on completed vehicle transactions. Service is free for car sellers; partners pay for leads and transactions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Autobiz.fr operates an online vehicle valuation and buyback platform that gives French car owners a free market-based price estimate and connects them with a nationwide network of 200 vetted partner garages for in-person vehicle inspection and purchase. Powered by proprietary autobizMarket® valuation software that analyzes millions of daily listings, the service completes the sale in under an hour with secure bank-transfer payment within 48-72 hours, with no technical inspection required and no obligation to buy another vehicle.

Product overview

Autobiz.fr operates as a unified car valuation and buyback platform composed of two interconnected core products: the main autobiz.fr marketplace (vendre.autobiz.fr) for selling cars and the dedicated valuation portal coteauto.autobiz.fr for free car pricing. The platform is powered by the professional autobizMarket® valuation software. Users access free online vehicle estimates, book appointments at a network of 200+ partner garages across France, and sell their car within 1 hour with guaranteed secure payment. An optional 300€ bonus program provides additional value toward used vehicle purchases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• autobizMarket®: Professional valuation software tool used by autobiz for calculating vehicle prices.

Products and services

• autobiz.fr Used Car Buyback Platform (Vendre sa voiture en ligne) Consumer-facing online platform that provides French car owners with a free market-based vehicle valuation and connects them with vetted partner garages nationwide for in-person inspection and guaranteed buyback within one hour, with secure bank-transfer payment within 48-72 hours.
• coteauto.autobiz.fr Online Car Valuation Portal Free online car valuation portal providing real-time market prices for used vehicles across multiple brands and models in France, calculating valuations from observed market transaction prices via the autobizMarket® engine.
• Reprise de voiture (Car Buyback Service) Direct car buyback service that takes an individual seller from free online estimation through appointment booking at a vetted partner garage, vehicle inspection, firm offer, and secure bank-transfer payment within 48-72 hours, with no technical inspection required and no obligation to purchase another vehicle.
• autobizMarket® Professional Valuation Software Professional vehicle valuation software used by Autobiz and its partner network to calculate market-based prices from millions of observed listings, positioning it as a leading software tool for used-vehicle pricing across the partner garage ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• Vehicle sale completed in under 1 hour
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Partner Garages NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2010Autobiz operates a network of 200 partner garages across France. These professional partners evaluate and buy vehicles from customers who use the autobiz platform. Partners are selected based on customer reviews and must maintain ratings above 3.5/5 to remain in the network. The network enables the 1-hour vehicle buyback promise.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CarGurus: Global online automotive marketplace with pricing analytics and dealer lead generation. Comparable on the valuation-data and dealer-lead monetization dimension, even though geographic overlap with autobiz is limited.
• LeBonCoin: France's largest general C2C marketplace, dominant in automotive listings. Functions as the de facto free listing destination for used cars and a substitute funnel that autobiz must outperform on conversion speed and certainty of sale.
• AutoScout24: Pan-European used-car listings platform with strong French presence. Comparable as a competing destination for used-car sellers and a source of pricing data that overlaps with autobizMarket®.
• La Centrale: Leading French used-car classifieds platform owned by Providence. Competes for the same consumer attention and listing supply that drives autobiz's valuations and is a primary indirect competitor for sell-side demand.
• Spoticar: Stellantis/PSA's official used-car label in France, offering buyback and certified pre-owned sales. Directly comparable to autobiz's buyback promise and, via the PSA Group investor relationship, a potential partner or competitor depending on OEM strategy.

Direct peers

• Reezocar: France-based online used-car marketplace connecting individual sellers with dealers, offering home inspection and buyback. Closely comparable business model to autobiz — online C2C-to-dealer used-car intermediation in France.
• Aramisauto: French online used-car retailer (acquired by Stellantis) that buys cars directly from consumers and resells them online. Direct comparable to autobiz in the French online used-car intermediation space and a likely consolidation candidate against which autobiz must compete.

Emerging players

• Auto1 Group: European online used-car platform operating a remarketing business (Auto1.com) and retail brands. Comparable as a European-scale buyer of consumer used cars, in the same remarketing/buyback category as autobiz's partner garages.
• Cazoo: Online used-car retailer that buys cars directly from consumers in the UK and continental Europe. Comparable to autobiz on the seller-acquisition side and represents the well-capitalized online retailer model autobiz partners with rather than competes against.
• Vroom: US online used-car retailer that buys directly from consumers and resells online. Comparable business archetype (online C2C used-car acquisition to professional buyer), useful as a benchmark for unit economics and scaling constraints.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/autobizzz
• Facebookfacebook.com/autobiz.fr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/autobiz-france

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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