In Russia, the number of dealerships has ceased to decrease

For the first time in the last 4 years, the total number of car dealers in our country has stopped decreasing. This was established by the experts of the agency "AUTOSTAT" within the framework of the preparation of the review "Dealer networks. Monitoring of dealer contracts for passenger cars". So, as of mid-January 2022, there were 3,220 official dealerships* in Russia for the sale and maintenance of cars. And it is 0.3%, or 10 units, more than in 2021. If you look at the dynamics of dealer networks of automakers officially represented in the Russian Federation, then from 2015 to 2022 their number has decreased by 15%.

And in 2015, the largest number of dealers was recorded in our country - 3797. Since then, with the exception of 2018, this figure has been constantly decreasing. Moreover, if we consider the period of the last four years, we see that until 2021 the number of dealers has been declining annually, and more and more (from -1% to -5%). However, even a very slight (+0.3%) growth has now been recorded.

One of the reasons is the creation of its own dealer network for the EXEED brand. Experts also note that the dealer networks of automakers themselves are constantly changing: for some they are growing, for others they are shrinking. Some brands leave the car market, other players come. For example, for the last year, 299 dealer contracts were terminated, and 309 new ones were concluded.

* excluding individual service centers