Below you can find results of the study, summarising the pandemic 2020

In the past few years, the distributors of automotive spare parts were recording annual sales increases. The pandemic has been the end of this positive trend, though after the first shock, this group of companies recorded minimum increases in 2020.

25% of companies taking part in the survey declared a slight or substantial decrease. 60% of distributors declared increases and 15% declared no changes. 

As Tomasz Bęben from the Association of Distributors and Manufacturers of Automotive Spare Parts explained, situation on the market in 2020, turned out to be positive, against initial expectations. It is worth noticing that because of increased costs, increase of income did not go in line with the increase of profit. Export sales may also have influence on the results, equally in case of IAM manufacturers and in case of distributors. Polish market is a very difficult one for distributors. Competition is severe, so almost no-one recorded a two-digit increase. In case of new markets, the situation is different, where distributors from Poland, used to intense competition and top quality services, are recording continuous growth, improving domestic results.

Employment situation in the automotive spare parts distribution also looks good, according to collected data. Only 8% of respondents decided to make reduction of employment. Trained staff is the main asset of every company, that is why, despite the crisis, entrepreneurs are really careful when it comes to reduction of employment, as they are aware of how much it costs to gain and train any new employee. Over 60% of respondents declared keeping the employment levels, whilst almost a third increased the numbers in 2020.

Forecast regarding this area is also optimistic.