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Verband der Automobilindustrie

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German interest group

The German Association of the Automotive Industry or VDA (German: Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V.) is a German interest group of the German automobile industry, both automobile manufactures and automobile component suppliers. It is member of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).2 Its chief executive is Kay Lindemann.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jan 19, 1901Founded1
  • Industrybusiness and professional associations, unions, voluntary sector1
  • HeadquartersBerlin-Mitte, Germany1
  • Founded inEisenach1
  • Websitewww.vda.de
  • Legal formRegistered association (eingetragener Verein)1
  • Kind of organizationNonprofit organization1
  • LEI391200FAGDUQVQN87B413
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressBehrenstraße 35, 10117 Berlin, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Berlin-Charlottenburg, VR 194683

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Berlin, Mitte, Behrenstraße, ehemalige Pommersche Hypotheken-Aktienbank
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The German Association of the Automotive Industry or VDA (German: Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V.) is a German interest group of the German automobile industry, both automobile manufactures and automobile component suppliers. It is member of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).2

Corporate structure

Verband der Automobilindustrie sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Verband der Automobilindustrie Berlin, Germany
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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 Verband der Automobilindustrie 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)

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

Leadership

Who has led Verband der Automobilindustrie, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. Matthias Wissmann2007–now
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Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

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Timeline

  1. 1946Renamed Name changed to Verband der Automobilindustrie1
  2. Jan 19, 1901Founded Founded in Eisenach1

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