CECRA represents on a European scale:

• 380,000 enterprises of motor trade and repair businesses, of which 120,000 are authorised dealers and repairers with a contractual relationship with a vehicle manufacturer/importer (71,000 of which are selling and repairing vehicles, 42,000 only repairing and 7,000 are selling spare parts) and 260,000 independent repairers.
• Our members (sales and services) employ about 2.85 million people (of which 1.55 million are employed by authorised dealers, 1.15 million by independent repairers and 0.15 million in the distribution of spare parts). It represents 25% of the jobs in the entire automotive sector.
• The turnover of sales and service of vehicles is larger than that of the manufacturing industry and amounts to 800 billion of which 630 billion  is from sales of new and used vehicles, 80 billion for repair and maintenance and 90 billion for sales of spare parts.
  The net profit before tax was between 0.0 - 0.5% of the turnover in 2009.
• 12,000 motorcycle dealers with 81,000 employees and approx. 13.1 billion € turnover.
• 110,000 fuel businesses with 440,000 employees and approx. 250 billion turnover.

Source: CECRA 2010

The motor trades and repairs sector plays a very important role in the European Union's economy and especially with regard to employment and taxation incomes.