Trade Machines FI

TradeMachines (www.trademachines.com) is one of the world's largest used-machinery search engines. TradeMachines provides buyers access to used machinery offered by national and international dealers and auction houses. The company does not offer machines itself, but it provides interested buyers an overview of the current selection of used machinery. The offers range from tractors, forklifts to production machinery in the wood and metalworking sector as well as industrial cranes. Smaller machines and tools such as wood and metal saws or lawn mowers are also listed. Users can see what prices certain machines are sold at and where it is worth buying one. The Berlin-based startup was founded in 2013 among others by Heico Koch and since then, over 20 billion euros worth of machines have been listed on the platform. Thus, the startup is by now a leading player in a market with an annual trading volume of appr. 380 billion euros which grows annually by about 20%. Currently, TradeMachines covers around 15% of the global market's offer which is made possible by contracts with the leading providers and through consistent internationalization. Currently, there are 60 local platforms worldwide.