Borg Automotive A/S
Borg Automotive A/S is a Danish automotive parts company focused on remanufacturing and supplying replacement components for the European aftermarket. Its core portfolio includes starters, alternators, air-conditioning compressors, brake calipers, steering racks, and EGR valves, sold through distribution networks across Europe.
Fiscal year 2025 · change from previous year
Development 2020–2025
Business
Share of revenueCore remanufactured replacement parts for passenger cars and light vehicles.
Externally sourced automotive parts sold alongside the remanufactured range.
Product adaptations, new processes, and reverse-engineering work for the portfolio.
Customers
Borg Automotive sells primarily into the European automotive aftermarket, serving distributors, wholesalers, and other B2B channel partners. These customers buy replacement parts for repair and maintenance, where availability, quality, and fitment are critical.
Buy remanufactured and trading parts for resale into repair channels.
Purchase broad part assortments to support workshop demand.
Indirect end-market buyers that drive demand for replacement parts.
Buy selected product lines and customer-specific assortments.
Strategy
The company is positioning remanufacturing as its core value proposition while expanding trading products to broaden the customer offer. It is also investing in product development, reverse engineering, and process improvement to support a wider portfolio and protect its competitive position in the European aftermarket.
A broader assortment improves customer retention and cross-sell in the aftermarket.
The remanufacturing model is central to differentiation and circular-economy positioning.
Quality and service levels are critical in aftermarket supply chains and customer trust.
Geography
The group has distribution facilities in Denmark, Germany, France, and Poland, and sells products throughout Europe through sales offices and channel partners. Its geography matters because production, reverse logistics, and customer service are tied to a multi-country European footprint, while demand is concentrated in the European aftermarket.
Risks
Borg Automotive is exposed to cyclical aftermarket demand, intense competition, and input-cost pressure because it sells standardized replacement parts into a price-sensitive market. The business also carries execution risk from multi-country operations, product development, and compliance controls across remanufacturing, trading, and shared services.
- Weak aftermarket demandImpact: HighLikelihood: High
Replacement-part volumes depend on vehicle parc activity and distributor purchasing patterns.
Exposure: European automotive aftermarket
- Cost inflation in production and logisticsImpact: HighLikelihood: High
Remanufacturing is sensitive to labor, material, and transport costs.
Exposure: Manufacturing and distribution network
- Inventory and product-quality issuesImpact: MediumLikelihood: Medium
Aftermarket customers require reliable quality, availability, and correct fitment.
Exposure: Remanufactured and trading parts
- Operational integration riskImpact: MediumLikelihood: Medium
Multi-entity and shared-service integration can create process and control challenges.
Exposure: Acquired entities and group functions
Accounting
Judgemental itemsAftermarket sales may be recognized at shipment or delivery, making cut-off important.
Impact: Can affect quarterly comparability and reported sales timing
Remanufactured cores and traded parts require careful net realizable value assessment.
Impact: Affects gross profit and working capital
The annual report notes discrepancies between customer payments and receivables.
Impact: Can change trade receivables, equity, and profit
Comparative figures were restated after internal review of accounting discrepancies.
Impact: Reduces comparability across reporting periods
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