STAHLGRUBER GmbH

About STAHLGRUBER

STAHLGRUBER GmbH, headquartered in Poing near Munich, is a specialist wholesale distributor for automotive spare parts, accessories, tools and workshop equipment and has been supplying workshops and resellers for 100 years. The range comprises over 500,000 items in OE quality, focusing on brakes and chassis, electrics and electronics, bodywork, engine and exhaust technology, tyre service, tools, lubricants and chemicals. Sales are complemented by logistics services with daily delivery routes, digital customer systems (STAkis), workshop and specialist trade concepts, and the LKQ Academy for training courses. The company has around 6,100 employees at 165 sales outlets in Germany, Austria and Slovenia and operates a central logistics centre in Sulzbach-Rosenberg with around 460,000 storage locations and up to 100,000 daily picking trips. Since 2018, STAHLGRUBER has been part of LKQ Corporation (LKQ Europe) and a member of LKQ DACH.

Site

Poing

Processes

Automotive spare parts distribution (over 500,000 items), Logistics (delivery service, 2,285 routes daily), Digital customer systems (STAkis 4.0, STAkis Profi), Workshop equipment incl. Technical Service Centers (over 80 service technicians), LKQ Academy (training courses/seminars), Trade shows and demonstrations

Certificates

DIN ISO 50001

Founded

1923

Employees

6114

Industries

Automotive repair industry, Automotive parts wholesale, Workshop equipment

1. 01

   Procurement from manufacturers

2. 02

   Goods receipt & storage in the logistics centre

3. 03

   Order picking

4. 04

   Distribution to sales outlets

5. 05

   Delivery to workshop customers

6. 06

   Technical service & training

Locations

Quality & Certification

The goods are sourced as original branded parts from leading suppliers. The energy management system of STAHLGRUBER GmbH is certified according to DIN ISO 50001 (since mid-July 2025).

History

1. 1923

   Founded by the brothers Otto and Willy Gruber; trading in screws and small metal parts

2. 1929

   Opening of the first retail store on Baaderstraße, Munich

3. 1931

   Addition of steel screws to the trading programme; origin of the company name STAHLGRUBER

4. 1935

   Establishment of the limited partnership Otto Gruber & Co.

5. 1937

   Start of in-house production of tube patches; origin of the TIP TOP brand

6. 1945

   Premises on Rosenheimer Straße, Munich; start of internationalisation

7. 1954

   Opening of a new plant in Poing near Munich

8. 1964

   15 STAHLGRUBER sales outlets

9. 1966

   Death of Willy Gruber; the company is inherited by long-standing employees, founding of STAHLGRUBER Otto Gruber GmbH & Co. and the STAHLGRUBER Foundation

10. 1969

    Relocation of headquarters to Einsteinstraße 130, Munich

11. 1995

    Commissioning of the logistics centre in Sulzbach-Rosenberg

12. 2002

    Relocation of the registered office to Poing near Munich

13. 2007

    Separation of trading and TIP TOP (REMA TIP TOP GmbH, STAHLGRUBER GmbH)

14. 2008

    Founding of STAHLGRUBER Otto Gruber AG as a financial and management holding company

15. 2010

    Majority stake in Neimcke GmbH & Co. KG

16. 2013

    Acquisition of PV Automotive GmbH

17. 2017

    Strategic cooperation with Optimal AG & Co. KG

18. 2018

    Completion of the acquisition of STAHLGRUBER GmbH by LKQ Corporation