It occupies a leading position in the automotive market in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The holding specializes in sales and servicing of premium and luxury cars. The dealer network includes 27 centers and showrooms. 13 well-known global brands are included in the AVTODOM portfolio: AURUS, BMW, BMW Motorrad, MINI, Lamborghini, Porsche, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, Ducati and KTM. The company’s revenue is generated from the sale of new cars, used cars, after-sales service, trade-in, sales of spare parts and accessories, insurance and financial products.
AVTODOM issued the first bonded loan in 2021. The issue of securities continued in 2022. AVTODOM entered the list of backbone enterprises of Russia in April 2022. Rating agency Expert RA confirmed the credit rating of JSC AVTODOM at the level of ruBBB+ in October 2022. The rating outlook is stable. The company will seek to enter the IPO in 2023-2024, if external factors and macroeconomics are favorable for this. AVTODOM develops not only in auto retail. It plans to organize industrial assembly in CKD mode at the production facilities of its own enterprises as early as 2023.
“Our company is celebrating 30 years. It is not just an anniversary for us. 30 years is a whole life that our Autoholding has lived. Many changes have taken place in the company over the years. There is no limit to perfection. However, we are pleased with the results of our work and are very proud of what the company has become now. Continuous development and progress are in our plans despite the difficult situation in the country’s economy. This is big business and no amount of restrictions can stop it. We have several more large-scale projects now in the final stages of negotiations. I am sure that we will please everyone with another great news very soon, perhaps even this year. In the meantime, I want to congratulate our entire team on the anniversary, thank you for the continuous productive work and contribution to the development of the company, and wish us all success in the new decade!†– Andrey Olkhovsky, General Manager of AVTODOM Group of Companies, spoke about what awaits the company in the future.
The first BMW dealership in the country opened in Moscow at Zorge, 17 back in December 1992. The history of AVTODOM Group of Companies and the BMW brand in Russia began with them. AVTODOM brought BMW and Mini brand cars to Russia, and then BMW Motorrad motorcycles. The first owners of cars of the famous German brand are still customers of AVTODOM.
AVTODOM achieved high results for 30 years of active development. Let us remember his story. The company was founded on December 21, 1992. AVTODOM became the first official BMW dealer in Russia in 1993. GK AVTODOM became the first in Russia to offer car-tuning services in 1998. The website www.avtodom.ru was launched in 1999.
In 2001 the company continued to develop its core project and began offering round-the-clock after-sales service for BMW cars and motorcycles. AVTODOM Group received one more exclusive sales rights and became the first official MINI dealer in Russia a year after that. The holding opened a motorcycle dealership selling motorcycles BMW Motorrad at Moscow, Zorge, 17, which became the largest in Eastern Europe, in 2003.
The company followed the growing trend and added the trade-in option to its list of services in the same 2003. A new dealer center for the sale and maintenance of BMW cars and motorcycles was opened in 2006. The next bright event in the life of the auto holding took place in 2008, when the opening of the company’s VIP showroom at 1/7 Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Moscow took place. The dealer center in St. Petersburg was opened in the same year. It became the first representation of the company in the northern capital. AVTODOM has been the leader in the sale of BMW and MINI cars and in the sale of BMW Motorrad motorcycles since 2004 to this day.
The company’s portfolio was replenished with a new brand in 2013. Salon Lamborghini opened at Moscow, Kutuzovsky Prospekt, 12a. The range of the holding was replenished with Mercedes-Benz and Porsche brands and car dealerships of the respective brands in St. Petersburg in 2015. A new Lamborghini showroom in the northern capital was opened in 2016, a Lamborghini dealership in Moscow at the intersection of the Moscow Ring Road and Rublevsky Highway was opened in 2018. AVTODOM BOUTIQUE Shmitovsky was opened in April 2019. This is the only car dealership in the city center in Moscow, where the entire line of new BMW, BMW M and BMW i is presented. AVTODOM acquired the fifth BMW dealership – AVTODOM BMW Vnukovo in the summer of 2020. AVTODOM has replenished with three Audi dealerships: Audi Center Taganka, Audi Center Varshavka and Audi Center Vostok in January 2021. The company acquired a second Porsche dealership, Porsche Center Leninsky, located in Moscow in May 2021. The official opening of the first AURUS showroom in St. Petersburg – AURUS AVTODOM St. Petersburg took place in December 2022.
GK AVTODOM is people. Employees of AVTODOM Group of Companies are a team of experienced professionals. 2600 employees, who do not stand still, grow and develop together with the company, outpacing the pace of the Russian car market. Many of them have over 10 years of experience. Such a wealth of knowledge and experience allows us to provide customers with the highest quality service and offer the most favorable service conditions.