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Dekra SE

Logo: DEKRA, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons4

German vehicle testing organization

Dekra (stylised as DEKRA in its logo) is a German professional inspection and expert certification company. Founded in Berlin in 1925 as the Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-Überwachungs-Verein (German Motor Vehicle Inspection Association), the company is currently headquartered in Stuttgart. With approximately 48,646 employees and a reported revenue of €4.29 billion for 2024, DEKRA is the world’s largest non-listed inspection body and a global market leader in vehicle testing.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1925Founded1
  • HeadquartersStuttgart1
  • Founded inBerlin1
  • Websitewww.dekra.com
  • Legal formSocietas Europaea1
  • LEI529900LZEZ8EIEK7W2073
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressHandwerkstraße 15, 70565 Stuttgart, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Stuttgart, HRB 7343163

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Dekra-Zentrale
Photo: Karlo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons6

Dekra (stylised as DEKRA in its logo) is a German professional inspection and expert certification company. Founded in Berlin in 1925 as the Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-Überwachungs-Verein (German Motor Vehicle Inspection Association), the company is currently headquartered in Stuttgart. With approximately 48,646 employees and a reported revenue of €4.29 billion for 2024, DEKRA is the world’s largest non-listed inspection body and a global market leader in vehicle testing.2

Corporate structure

Dekra SE sits at the top of its group. 7 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Dekra SE Stuttgart, Germany
    • Dekra Akademie Stuttgart, Germany
    • VTNZ Subsidiary · Wellington
    • DEKRA PORTUGAL, S.A. Subsidiary · 100% · Lisboa, Portugal
    • DEKRA Automobil GmbH Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany
    • Dekra Automotive Subsidiary · France
    • DEKRA Testing and Certification GmbH Subsidiary · Stuttgart, Germany

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Dekra SE reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Dekra was founded in Berlin in 1925 as Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-Überwachungs-Verein (German Motor Vehicle Inspection Association). In World War II, the majority of Dekra engineers were drafted into the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces).

After World War II, former Dekra engineers resumed the company's work in 1946, with Stuttgart becoming the new location of the head office. The introduction of the main vehicle inspection in 1951.

In 1961, Dekra was recognised as an official inspection association. The first Dekra training centre was opened in Wart in 1974. DEKRA AG was founded in 1990 and took over the work of the association. DEKRA ETS was founded in 1991 and took on technical safety, materials testing and construction tasks. DEKRA Umwelt was founded in 1993 in cooperation with the Kölnische Rückversicherung reinsurance company. Further partnerships followed in Eastern Europe beginning in 1993. On 13 July 2010, DEKRA AG was renamed DEKRA SE (Societas Europaea), becoming a European Company.

From Wikipedia’s article on Dekra, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

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Timeline

  1. 1925Founded Founded in Berlin1

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