Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry

Industry Overview

The European TIC market for Automotive Industry reached USD 90 billion in 2023, with a projected CAGR of 3.7% from 2025 to 2030.

Inspection and testing are the operating parts of quality control, which is the most critical factor for the survival of any manufacturing company. Quality control directly supports other factors like cost, productivity, on-time delivery, and market share. The testing, inspection, and certification market report is composed of conformity assessment agencies, which provide services from audit and inspection to testing, verification, quality assurance, and certification.

The major drivers for the growth of the Europe TIC market in the automotive industry are the rising demand for high quality and safety such as electronic brake-force distribution (EBD), airbags, anti-skid braking systems and emission control systems. The automotive industry also requires to meet the specific norms and have to comply with national and international safety regulations and standards. The shift in trend towards digital inspection rather than physical vehicle inspection and predictive maintenance is anticipated to propel the growth of the Europe automotive TIC market during the forecast period 2025-2030.

Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry Trends/ Growth Drivers

Several factors are responsible for the growth of the Europe TIC market for automotive industry which include the rise in vehicle recalls caused by component failures, increased automotive production and technological advancements, government regulations, industry standards, certification requirements, environmental consciousness, and significant penalties for non-compliance. The globalization of trade, the growth of disposable income in emerging economies, and the emergence of digital technologies will also contribute to the expansion of the TIC market in the automotive industry. Furthermore, the increasing adoption of automotive electronics for passenger and vehicle safety will further accelerate the growth of the automotive TIC market in the future.

Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry Report Coverage

Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry Challenges

The testing, inspection, and certification market face certain challenges like trade wars and growth fluctuations, high cost of TIC owing to diverse standards and regulations globally, a huge investment for automation and installation of industrial safety systems and a decrease in the sale of vehicles globally. In addition, the long lead time required for overseas qualification tests, compliance to CSR, lack of testing facilities and skilled personnel may also hinder the growth of the TIC market in Europe.

Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry Opportunities

Testing, inspection, and certification is a massive market that provides lucrative opportunities in technologies such as AI, big data analytics, next-generation automation, drones, robotics and cloud and cyber security.  Moreover, rising number of electric and hybrid vehicle production, growing sales, and production of vehicles in developing economies will create opportunities for growth of the Europe TIC market in the automotive industry.

Recent Developments by Key Players

Intertek Group PLC has launched Intertek AI² that is described as an end-to-end AI assurance program designed to help organizations implement safer artificial intelligence solutions.

Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry Segmentation

VynZ Research provides an analysis of the key trends in each segment of Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry report, along with forecasts at the regional and country levels from 2025-2030. Our report has categorized the market based on sourcing type, service type, and industry vertical.

Insight by Sourcing Type

On the basis of sourcing type, the European TIC market for the automotive industry is bifurcated into in-house and outsourced. Among the two segments, the in-house segment is anticipated to dominate the market during the forecast period owing to increased visibility, skilled personnel, complete control over the entire process in terms of technology, and testing and measurement equipment, and improved delivery performance. 

Insight by Service Type

On the basis of service type, the Europe TIC market for the automotive industry is categorized into testing, inspection, certification, and others. The testing segment is anticipated to hold the largest share in the testing, inspection, and certification market due to the high demand for safety and quality of products and mandatory standards from the regulatory authorities to provide safety, quality, and efficiency of products. 

Insight by Industry Vertical

Based on end-use industry, the TIC market for the automotive industry is divided into vehicle inspection services, electrical components and electronics, interior & exterior materials and components, electric vehicles, automotive fuels, fluids, and lubricants, homologation testing, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) testing, durability testing, OEM testing, telematics, emission testing, acoustic testing, and others. Among these segments, the vehicle inspection services dominate the Europe TIC market for the automotive industry as it monitors vehicle damage throughout the supply chain, assesses the cost of repair for damaged vehicles, offers safe and reliable vehicles, provides quality, efficiency, and safety, decreases the environmental impact of road traffic, cost, delivery lead-times. 

Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry: Geographic Overview

Germany leads the automotive TIC market in Europe due to it's strong automotive industry, robust manufacturing base, and stringent environmental and safety regulations. 

Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry: Competitive Insights

Europe TIC Market for Automotive Industry report offers a comprehensive market segmentation analysis along with an estimation for the forecast period 2025–2030.

1.    Research Overview

        1.1.    The Report Offers
        1.2.    Market Coverage
                  1.2.1.    By Sourcing Type 
                  1.2.2.    By Service Type 
                  1.2.3.    By Industry Vertical 
        1.3.    Research Phases
        1.4.    Limitations
        1.5.    Market Methodology
                  1.5.1.  Data Sources
                             1.5.1.1. Primary Research
                             1.5.1.2. Secondary Research
                  1.5.2.  Methodology
                             1.5.2.1. Data Exploration
                             1.5.2.2. Forecast Parameters
                             1.5.2.3. Data Validation
                             1.5.2.4. Assumptions
                  1.5.3.  Study Period & Data Reporting Unit

2.    Executive Summary

3.    Industry Overview

       3.1.    Industry Dynamics
                 3.1.1.    Market Growth Drivers
                 3.1.2.    Market Restraints
                 3.1.3.    Key Market Trends
                 3.1.4.    Major Opportunities
       3.2.    Industry Ecosystem
                 3.2.1.    Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
                 3.2.2.    Recent Development Analysis
                 3.2.3.    Value Chain Analysis
       3.3.    Competitive Insight
                 3.3.1.    Competitive Position of Industry Players
                 3.3.2.    Market Attractive Analysis
                 3.3.3.    Market Share Analysis

4.    Global Market Estimate and Forecast

       4.1.    Global Market Overview
       4.2.    Global Market Estimate and Forecast to 2030

5.    Market Segmentation Estimate and Forecast

       5.1.    By Sourcing Type 
                 5.1.1. In-House
                           5.1.1.1. Market Definition
                           5.1.1.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.1.2. Outsourced
                           5.1.2.1. Market Definition
                           5.1.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030

       5.2.    By Service Type 
                 5.2.1. Testing
                           5.2.1.1. Market Definition
                           5.2.1.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.2.2. Inspection
                           5.2.2.1. Market Definition
                           5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.2.3. Certification
                           5.2.3.1. Market Definition
                           5.2.3.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030

       5.3.    By Industry Vertical 
                 5.3.1. Vehicle inspection services
                           5.3.1.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.1.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.2. electrical components and electronics
                           5.3.2.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.3. interior & exterior materials and components
                           5.3.3.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.3.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.4. electric vehicles
                           5.3.4.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.4.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.5. automotive fuels
                           5.3.5.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.5.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.6. fluids
                           5.3.6.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.6.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.7. and lubricants
                           5.3.7.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.7.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.8. homologation testing
                           5.3.8.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.8.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.9. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) testing
                           5.3.9.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.9.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.10. Durability testing
                           5.3.10.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.10.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.11. OEM testing
                           5.3.11.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.11.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.12. Telematics
                           5.3.12.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.12.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.13. Emission testing
                           5.3.13.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.13.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.14. Acoustic testing
                           5.3.14.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.14.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
                 5.3.15. Others
                           5.3.15.1. Market Definition
                           5.3.15.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030

6.   Germany Market Estimate and Forecast

      6.1.    By Sourcing Type   
      6.2.    By Service Type   
      6.3.    By Industry Vertical   

7.   U.K. Market Estimate and Forecast

      7.1.    By Sourcing Type   
      7.2.    By Service Type   
      7.3.    By Industry Vertical   

8.   France Market Estimate and Forecast

      8.1.    By Sourcing Type   
      8.2.    By Service Type   
      8.3.    By Industry Vertical   

9.   Italy Market Estimate and Forecast

      9.1.    By Sourcing Type   
      9.2.    By Service Type   
      9.3.    By Industry Vertical   

10.   Spain Market Estimate and Forecast

      10.1.    By Sourcing Type   
      10.2.    By Service Type   
      10.3.    By Industry Vertical   

11.   Russia Market Estimate and Forecast

      11.1.    By Sourcing Type   
      11.2.    By Service Type   
      11.3.    By Industry Vertical   

12.   Rest of Europe Market Estimate and Forecast

      12.1.    By Sourcing Type   
      12.2.    By Service Type   
      12.3.    By Industry Vertical   

10.  Company Profiles

       10.1.   Intertek Group plc
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments
       10.1.   Bureau Veritas
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments
       10.1.   UL LLC
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments
       10.1.   SGS SA
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments
       10.1.   Eurofins Scientific
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments
       10.1.   TUV Rheinland
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments
       10.1.   Lloyd Register Group Limited
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments
       10.1.   DEKRA SE
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments
       10.1.   Applus+
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments
       10.1.   DNV GL
                  10.1.1.    Snapshot
                  10.1.2.    Overview
                  10.1.3.    Offerings
                  10.1.4.    Financial Insight
                  10.1.5.    Recent Developments

11.    Appendix

         11.1.    Exchange Rates
         11.2.    Abbreviations

Note: Financial insight and recent developments of different companies are subject to the availability of information in the secondary domain.