Continental
Tires · Germany
Continental develops and makes premium tires for cars, trucks, buses and bikes, sells about three-quarters of them as replacements through dealers, and has agreed to sell its ContiTech industrial rubber business to become a pure tire maker.
What makes it different
Continental is splitting itself up to become a pure tire maker.
€4.0BContiTech sale enterprise valueJul 2026
It spun off Aumovio in 2025 and agreed in July 2026 to sell ContiTech to Lone Star Funds.
How big it is
How big is Continental?
€19.7BRevenueFY2025
125MCar tires soldFY2025
92.7KEmployees2025
How it makes money FY2025
Mostly tires.
- Tires70%€13.8B
- ContiTech30%€6.0B
How the business works
Fit new cars, then replace the tires.
- 1Premium tires in megafactories
- 2Tires on carmakers' new cars
- 3Worn tires via dealers
Three of every four tires are sold as replacements, so a carmaker fitment feeds later dealer sales.
Who owns it
- IHO Group (Schaeffler family holding, INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG)46%
CEO: Christian Kötz
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1871Founded in Hanover
- 1904First car tire with a patterned tread
- 1960Mass production of radial tires
- 1987General Tire acquired
- 2007Siemens VDO Automotive acquired
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Continental's own reports.
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What Continental tracks28 metrics
Passenger and light-truck tires sold
Truck tires sold
Tire capacity in megafactories
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
Europe excl. Germany
North America
Asia-Pacific
The full timeline19 moments
2015
2021
2026
Continental vs Michelinside by side
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