Germany Automotive Engine Oil Industry

Germany Automotive Engine Oil Market Analysis

The Germany Automotive Engine Oils Market size is estimated at 279.97 million liters in 2025, and is expected to reach 298.50 million liters by 2030, at a CAGR of 1.29% during the forecast period (2025-2030).

• Largest Segment by Vehicle Type - Passenger Vehicles : In Germany, the highest share of passenger vehicle population, in turn, has attributed to the highest engine oil consumption level in the passenger vehicles sector.
• Fastest Segment by Vehicle Type - Motorcycles : The meteoric increase in the demand for mopeds and scooters in Germany post the COVID-19 outbreak is likely to drive the engine oil consumption in the motorcycles segment.

Germany Automotive Engine Oil Market Trends

Largest Segment By Vehicle Type : Passenger Vehicles

• Engine oils are the most used automotive lubricants in the country. In 2021, they accounted for about 68.2% of the automotive lubricant consumption. High engine oil consumption by domestic car brands, like Volkswagen, BMW, and Audi, makes Germany one of the major engine oil consumers in Europe. However, during 2015-2020, automotive engine oil consumption in Germany dropped by a CAGR of about 0.8% due to the decline in average drain intervals and production output.
• In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak resulted in a huge decline in the usage of Germany’s existing vehicle fleet. Thus, engine oil consumption in the country decreased by around 3.3%.
• Despite the expected recovery in sales and production in the automotive industry, an increase in the penetration of electric vehicles is likely to have a negative impact on engine oil consumption over the next five years.

Germany Automotive Engine Oil Industry Overview

The Germany Automotive Engine Oils Market is fairly consolidated, with the top five companies occupying 72.92%. The major players in this market are BP PLC (Castrol), ExxonMobil Corporation, FUCHS, LIQUI MOLY and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (sorted alphabetically).

Germany Automotive Engine Oil Market Leaders

Germany Automotive Engine Oil Market News

• January 2022: Effective April 1, ExxonMobil Corporation was organized along three business lines - ExxonMobil Upstream Company, ExxonMobil Product Solutions and ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions.
• June 2021: TotalEnergies and Stellantis group renewed their partnership for cooperation across different segments. Along with the renewal of partnerships with Peugeot, Citroën, and DS Automobiles, the new collaboration extends to Opel, and Vauxhall as well. This partnership includes the development and innovation of lubricants, first-fill in Stellantis group vehicles, recommendation of Quartz lubricants, and shared usage of charging stations operated by TotalEnergies, among others.
• May 2021: ExxonMobil and Innio entered a long-term partnership agreement for Innio's Jenbacher Series 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9 natural gas engines. This partnership is designed to expand Innio's involvement with ExxonMobil in the development of lubricants.