Faboh

What Faboh does

Faboh GmbH is a family-owned automotive and industrial painting business founded in 1984 and headquartered at Schwarzer Weg 3, Legden, Germany. The company provides vehicle painting, commercial vehicle painting (trucks, buses, construction and agricultural machinery), industrial wet coating for metal and plastic, furniture refinishing, custom signage/lettering, fire protection coatings, plastic repair, and smart/spot repair including paintless dent removal. Operations are conducted from a single workshop with standard Monday-Friday business hours.

The company's technical stack centers on Standox (an Axalta brand) water-based automotive paints, manufactured in Wuppertal, Germany, supported by Standox digital color management systems and OEM approvals. Smart repair and paintless dent removal techniques enable cost-efficient spot repairs. All work is performed on-site at the Legden facility, with an optional pickup-and-delivery service (Hol- und Bringservice) for business customers to reduce fleet downtime. The company is GDPR-compliant in its handling of customer data.

Commercially, Faboh operates a sales-led, project-based model with custom quotes per job and no publicly disclosed pricing. Customers are split between B2B (fleet operators, commercial transport, construction, agriculture, industrial) and B2C (private vehicle owners, classic car enthusiasts), with insurance-claim handling offered directly to private customers. Authorized representatives Bruno Hamm and Sandra Flück-Hamm lead the business, which remains privately held with no external investors, funding rounds, M&A activity, or subsidiaries identified.

Name

Faboh

Legal name

Faboh GmbH

Website

https://faboh-legden.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Faboh GmbH is a family-owned painting and coating workshop in Legden, Germany, offering automotive, commercial vehicle, industrial, furniture, and fire protection coating services using Standox paints for regional B2B and B2C customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Legden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Vehicle Painting Services: Core revenue stream from automotive painting services including full paint jobs, partial repairs, spot repairs, and color matching for all vehicle makes including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, RVs, construction and agricultural machinery, and classic/oldtimer vehicles.
2. Industrial Coating Services: Industrial painting services for metal, plastic, and other materials with robust wet coating applications suitable for harsh conditions. Revenue generated per project based on size and complexity.
3. Furniture Painting Services: Furniture refinishing and repainting services offering various colors and finishes for residential and commercial furniture.
4. Additional Services (Letterings, Plastic Repair, Fire Protection): Supplementary services including vehicle lettering/branding, plastic repair, fire protection coatings, and insurance damage handling.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Faboh GmbH is a family-owned workshop that provides professional painting and coating services for passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, classic/oldtimer cars, industrial equipment, furniture, and signage. It uses Standox (Axalta) water-based automotive paints, digital color matching, smart/spot repair, paintless dent removal, plastic repair, and fire protection coatings. Services are delivered at its Legden workshop with optional pickup and delivery for commercial fleets.

Product overview

Faboh GmbH is a family-owned automotive paint and coating business with over 40 years of experience. The company operates as a single-service provider offering multiple painting and coating solutions including vehicle painting (Fahrzeuglackierung), commercial vehicle painting (Nutzfahrzeuge), industrial coating (Industrielackierung), furniture coating (Möbellackierung), custom signage (Beschriftung), smart/spot repair, fire protection coatings (Brandschutz-Beschichtungen), and plastic repair (Kunststoffinstandsetzung). The company uses Standox automotive paints from Axalta as their primary coating materials, which feature digital color management systems for precise color matching. Services are provided from their facility in Legden, Germany, serving both business customers (fleets, insurance companies) and private customers, with offerings ranging from full vehicle repaints to spot repairs and dent removal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fahrzeuglackierung (Vehicle Painting)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Standox (Axalta)coreTechnology or IntegrationStandox is a leading automotive paint brand in Europe and a brand of Axalta Coating Systems. Their products are manufactured in Wuppertal, Germany. Faboh uses Standox environmentally friendly water-based automotive paints that meet strict environmental regulations while delivering premium finish quality. Standox provides digital color management systems and holds numerous OEM approvals from automotive manufacturers as well as partnerships with fleet, leasing, and insurance companies.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• PPG Industries: Global paints and coatings manufacturer with a strong automotive refinish portfolio (e.g., PPG Nexa Autocolor). Comparable as a competing paint supplier whose products are widely used in independent body shops competing with Faboh.
• AkzoNobel (Sikkens): Global paints and coatings group whose Sikkens brand is a direct premium automotive refinish competitor to Standox. Comparable as an upstream alternative whose dealer-network workshops compete with Faboh-style shops.
• Axalta Coating Systems (Standox parent): Global coatings manufacturer and parent of Standox, Faboh's exclusive paint supplier. Comparable as the upstream supplier whose OEM approvals, fleet partnerships, and insurance integrations directly enable Faboh's service positioning.
• BASF Coatings (Glasurit): Global coatings division of BASF and producer of the Glasurit premium automotive refinish brand. Competes with Standox for the same paint-supplier slot that Faboh-style workshops use, and represents an alternative supply ecosystem Faboh's competitors may adopt.

Broad incumbents

• Vergölst: German Continental-owned automotive service chain offering tires, maintenance, and select body/paint services. Comparable as a multi-site regional service operator that competes for the same commercial and private vehicle owner customers.
• Carglass Germany: Belron-owned German autoglass and minor bodywork repair chain. Overlaps with Faboh on vehicle damage repair and insurance-direct claim handling, though its primary focus is glass replacement rather than full painting.
• Bosch Car Service: Global Bosch-branded workshop network offering multi-brand vehicle maintenance and repair, with body and paint services at select partners. Comparable as a competing authorized service ecosystem in the German regional workshop market.
• A.T.U (Auto-Teile-Unger): Germany's largest multi-service automotive chain, offering bodywork and paint among broader repair and tire services. Comparable to Faboh as a national-scale provider of vehicle painting and repair services, though operating across many categories and geographies.

Direct peers

• Fix Auto Germany: International collision repair franchise with German operations offering auto body and paint services through a network of independently owned shops. Most directly comparable peer to Faboh in terms of core service offering and shop-based delivery model.

Regional players

• Junited Autoglas: German specialist chain focused on autoglass repair and replacement, with adjacent bodywork services. Comparable as a regional Germany-focused service operator that competes for the same insurance-driven damage repair workflows as Faboh.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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