Who we are
Providing data and data services to the UK automotive industry over many decades, our team has built an unrivalled expertise and understanding of vehicle data, car parts and components, cataloguing and the ability to deliver a range of market leading data products and data solutions.
Our expertise includes our Tier 1 DVLA approval and unparalleled access to car parts and component databases in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Making us an industry leader in Automotive Data Connectivity, Data Applications and Services for many major industry sectors.
Our success is driven by Auto-Code, the structure at the heart of the Auto-Guru methodology. Auto-Code provides a comprehensive and consistent coding solution, resolving issues businesses often face with traditional methods of data classification and labelling that are not always reliable or comprehensive, that can result in costly problems.
Why choose Auto Data Guru?
Operating for over 20 years and working with some of the UKs most recognised companies we’re experts in the organisation and provision of automotive data. You can rely on our unrivaled data sources, advanced data structure and specialist skills to assist your business.
Knowledge and Expertise
Unmatched knowledge and understanding with decades of automotive sector experience combined with leading database and technology skills and expertise.
DVLA Licensed
DVLA Tier 1 license holder, we provide DVLA and VOSA data adhering to the highest security and service standard, ensuring reliability and compliance in every data point.
Seamless Integration
A full range of standard and tailored APIs with high quality data services, easily integrated into your systems.
Data Aggregation
Unrivalled access to up-to-date vehicle database providers – including manufacturers. Providing a competitive edge through data at unmatched scale, coverage and accuracy.
Resilience
Microsoft Azure cloud storage and processing we provide volume call capacity, speed, stability and business critical resilience to meet customer’s needs.
Comprehensive Service
Providing a full range of services from VRM search, automotive data provision, vehicle parts matching and full parts cataloguing, to off the shelf and bespoke solutions.
Auto-Code: Intelligent Vehicle Data
At the heart of our offering is Auto Guru’s Auto-Code the market leading proprietary vehicle identification methodology that assigns a unique, structured code to every vehicle. This system guarantees data integrity and enables effortless integration with third-party platforms. It powers our Auto-Parts and Auto-Quote services, delivering exceptional precision in parts cataloguing, service and repair workflows, and quotation generation.
How Does Auto-Code Work?
Auto-Code was developed to solve challenges that arise with vehicle-related data. Traditional methods of data classification and labelling – in particular vehicle parts – often lead to inaccuracies, incomplete data sets and process inefficiencies, in turn leading to issues that cost businesses time and money.
Auto-Code removes these problems, providing a comprehensive and consistent coding solution. Simplifying vehicle identification and management processes it improves efficiency for any industry using automotive data. The one-to-one matching capability of Auto-Code reduces errors in data processing, which in turn improves the quality of results. Auto-Code has been recognised as a game-changing solution in the automotive data sector, making the management of vehicle-related data more accurate and reliable than ever.
What makes Auto-Code different?
Auto-Codes ability to enable the analysis of data at a granular level sets it apart from other vehicle coding solutions. Most vehicle methodologies are based on high-level attributes, such as make and model, which often lead to gaps in analysis. Auto-Code utilises more specific details, allowing a greater depth of understanding of a vehicle’s characteristics and features, such as manufacturer optional extras that may have been added. This is what makes Auto-Code the most accurate and precise coding methodology in the industry.
Auto-Code is also incredibly versatile. It can be integrated with any dataset, providing opportunities for innovation and growth. With Auto-Code, businesses can unlock the potential of their data and create new solutions that were previously inaccessible.
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Services
Auto Parts Cataloguing
Working with several of the UKs largest automotive parts distributors to develop their digital catalogues, linking individual vehicle parts inventories, has helped us develop an unparalleled understanding of this service. As well as meeting the challenges of providing accurate, rapid, parts identification for specified vehicles, we also provide this with multiple parts options, parts and fitting, images and mobile accessibility. We can help improve your parts cataloguing and matching services to minimise errors reduce returns and wasted time improving your service and profitability.
Our unique and detailed understanding of the UK Car Parc through our proprietary GCode methodology, combined with extensive car parts and cataloguing experience provide us with unrivalled capability and service. If you’re looking to update or create a new digital automotive catalogue – no matter how large or small – or review your approach to cataloguing and providing automotive parts speak to us first. Call us now.
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DVLA VRM/ VIN VOSA Data
We’re among six Tier 1 providers authorised and licensed by the DVLA to access and utilise the complete DVLA and VOSA database.
Our approach to data cleansing and enhancement is unique. We combine DVLA data with the Automotive Industry’s most finely-grained vehicle coding structure and methodology – our proprietary technology, Auto-Code.
Our data comprehensively covers the UK Vehicle Parc and is accurately matched with our Auto-Code and associated structured data, making it ideal for a range of uses and reporting requirements. As well as our range of off-the-shelf solutions, we can also provide customised data packages to suit your needs, such as: new vehicle growth volumes, life cycle analysis, diminishing volumes, market demand for parts and accessories, and much more.
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Technical Parts Matching
Our Manufacturers Vehicle Build Data – stored at VIN Level – is enhanced by incorporating DVLA Data and our own Auto-Code, allowing more precise vehicle identification. Structuring the data at this level is vital in maintaining the accuracy of all our data services, eliminating the need for numerous queries to determine exact vehicle features and options.
Data accuracy is crucial in the delivery of online and electronic applications or services, getting it right first time minimises issues for users, speeds up decisions and response.
Vehicle owners are often unable to provide the level of accurate industry-specific and technical details needed for many business applications to function correctly. Our intelligent and comprehensive data approach helps businesses bridge this gap.
In almost any industry, from vehicle sales to insurance, booking a service, or purchasing aftermarket products like car batteries, tyres, windscreens, paint, locks and keys, carpets or bike racks, easily accessing the right level of accurate data is key to success. For example, a vehicle owner providing basic data, such as a “I have a Ford Fiesta in Red” is likely to be inadequate to match parts accurately. With the correct in-depth and accurate data, it becomes possible to create and implement new intelligent data-driven electronic online applications and services, improving the user’s overall experience, whether they are in the trade or a vehicle owner. Find out more
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Vehicle Images
An image can often communicate data and information more quickly and accurately than text. A combination of images and data or text can be more powerful and more easily understood.
ADG can provide customers with a comprehensive up to date range of vehicle images for a variety of applications that provide a range of unique benefits:
Visual Confidence
Users can visually confirm the vehicle details retrieved from the VRM/VIN lookup, match the physical appearance, providing an additional verification for trust and accuracy.
Improved Accuracy
Reduced errors or confusion by allowing users to cross verify details. This can lead to more accurate information and better overall user satisfaction.
Seamless Integration
Our ‘user friendly’ Vehicle Image API can be easily integrated into your own or third party platform delivering instant access to high quality vehicle images.
Enhanced User Experience
Visual representations, make the user experience more engaging and user friendly. Users can quickly identify their vehicle make and model not having to rely on text data.
Servicing and Repair Times
With access to detailed manufacturer servicing, repair schedules and data, we have developed a unique and accurate estimating and quotation tool for use by businesses and consumers – Auto-Quote.
Auto-Quote is designed to cater to the needs of businesses dealing with vehicle repair, maintenance and servicing. With its user-friendly interface, the tool enables customers to get accurate and customized quotations for vehicle repair, maintenance and servicing.
Covering the bulk of UK vehicles, Auto-Quote allows users to accurately identify the make and model of a vehicle, along with its current mileage. Then selecting the servicing repair or maintenance operation that’s needed, retrieve the time for each operation, and all of the essential parts needed. You can add your own labour rate and parts costs, but if you don’t have this information we can provide industry derived averages. By combining this data we’re able to offer customers a comprehensive range of accurate vehicle repair, maintenance and servicing processes for the vast majority of UK vehicles – so you can create a tailor-made quotation that accurately reflects the cost of the required services and parts.
One of the most significant advantages of Auto-Quote is that it’s incredibly fast and intuitive. By utilizing our tool, businesses can generate a comprehensive quote in a matter of minutes, thereby reducing the time and hassle involved in creating quotes manually.
Our Auto-Quote service is perfect for businesses looking for a hassle-free and accurate way to generate custom vehicle repair and maintenance quotations. Contact us
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Emissions and Weights
With increased focus on net zero, the importance of understanding the impact of vehicle emissions and traffic flows – and the capacity of infrastructure to cope – are of growing importance. The impact of new electric and hybrid vehicles themselves is of growing interest. Government, local authorities and a range of environmental businesses and consultants are seeking comprehensive high quality vehicle data for tasks such as analysis, modelling and reporting.
Whether you’re modelling vehicle weights on roads, car parking structures or modelling vehicle emissions or classes in traffic flows, we can provide comprehensive accurate data for your needs and support you in understanding more about the vehicle data available here in the UK and internationally. Find out more.
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Vehicle Paint Matching
If you’re looking to provide an accurate vehicle paint matching service for the UK Car Parc accurately covering the vast majority of vehicles, we can help.
To ensure we obtain the best coverage and match for vehicle paint we’ve created a single API that uses multiple data sources. The API returns the exact manufacturer paint code allowing you to provide customers with a precise paint match. To optimise use of the API, the full paint match is only done at ‘checkout’ – minimising any wasted API calls. In addition to UK coverage we can provide paint matching for vehicles in a range of European markets. Contact us now
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Vehicle MOT and Tax
If you’re seeking reliable vehicle MOT and Tax data, as a Tier 1 DVLA license holder, we can provide accurate up to date search capability for your business. Understanding key events in the ownership of a vehicle can provide valuable insight and commercial opportunity for your business and enhance your data.
We can assist your business in better understanding your customer base and creating new commercial opportunities from MOT and Vehicle Tax data. Contact us to find out more.
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International Data
Whilst we’re one of only a few companies licensed to offer UK DVLA data, our range of industry partners and experience provides us with access to European and worldwide data. If you’re seeking data to assist your business in a new market in Europe – as close to home as the Irish Republic – we can assist you in finding the right data with the level of accuracy your business needs.
If you’re searching for vehicle data to assist your business in a new market in Europe. We can assist you in finding the right data for your business needs.
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- France
- Ireland
- Latvia
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Romania
Contact us for more information.
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Bespoke Data Services
Are you searching for automotive data services to fit your needs or looking to discuss the best way to approach a project or service that requires automotive data? You may be seeking vehicle data, but don’t know if it exists or where to find it. Make us your first call. You can discuss your data needs with our expert team, whether you’re seeking a tailored API service or bespoke parts catalogue solution we can provide the service and the highest quality data you need to meet your needs, budget and timetable. If we don’t already provide the service you’re looking for, we can help you understand how your needs can best be met. Call us to discuss.
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Auto-Data delivers high-volume, reliable automotive data and services to leading companies across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. Originating in the UK automotive parts sector as a licensed Tier 1 DVLA data provider, we now support clients in insurance, risk, online automotive, fleet, and parking services.
Automotive and Parts Distribution
Our data solutions are designed for many sectors of the automotive industry – garages, rental agencies, vehicle parts suppliers, wholesalers, fleet managers and operators. From small rental companies seeking to improve their fleet maintenance schedule to large parts suppliers requiring accurate vehicle parts information, we’re the perfect partner.
Auto-Code technology, enables you to identify a vehicle’s correct make and model with ease. Our unique system utilises a combination of the Vehicle Registration Mark (VRM) and/ or the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to accurately identify its details with precision.
Once the vehicle information has been identified, it can be used to access our comprehensive database of structured maintenance, repair and servicing data Auto-Quote. The databases feature an extensive collection of up-to-date information covering the widest range of vehicles from all major manufacturers.
Through our efficient, reliable system and data, you can streamline your operations, reduce downtime, and quickly increase your productivity. Trust us to provide you with the necessary tools to boost your business and stay ahead of the competition.
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The insurance sector appreciates more than any other that the greater and more detailed understanding it has of the UK Car Parc, the better positioned it is to manage risk, make decisions and operate more effectively in the sector – in short enjoy increased competitive advantage.
Whether you’re a motor insurer, insurance intermediary, insurance intelligence or risk advisor, having access to the most up to date flexible and detailed automotive data (for the UK and Ireland) using our Auto-Code can help your business and your customers. For your data needs at scale and with the level of accuracy you and your customers expect. Contact us to discuss your needs.
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The internet has seen an explosion in online businesses serving the automotive sector, with sites specialising in garage repairs, MOT and servicing, motoring advice, vehicles and parts to vehicle paint and accessory sales to vehicle paint and accessory sales. Even giants eBay is providing a platform for sellers of all sizes and every imaginable automotive product.
If you’re looking for, or your business relies on your customers being able to quickly, easily and above all accurately link your products or services to a specific vehicle through VRM or VIN, Auto-Data Guru data services: Auto-Code, Auto-Part and Auto-Quote can help. Using the latest technology with some of the most accurate and comprehensive databases available – we can provide you with a market leading solution.
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High profile group litigation associated with motor manufacturers claims and practices in relation to diesel emissions and the mis-selling of car finance, has led to the need for legal and claims management businesses requiring access to fast, accurate and comprehensive vehicle technical and ownership data.
As a Tier 1 Licenced DVLA /VOSA data provider, we’re able to supply comprehensive up to date vehicle identification, technical specification and ownership history quickly and accurately to support litigation services.
We currently provide these services to several large companies involved in managing and litigating claims of this nature providing key data such as: keeper history, cherished registration changes, vehicle emissions and Eurostatus. If you’d like to find out more about the services we can provide or discuss your specific needs, contact us today.
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The UK’s private and local authority parking sectors have been revolutionised by the transition to online services with the added focus on increased environmental and associated data reporting.
Auto-Guru work with several UK parking service providers delivering services from VRM, vehicle search and identification to the provision of associated vehicle data, including: vehicle type, emissions and weight.
With the speed accuracy and reliability this sector relies on, we can provide you with automotive data and services that meet your needs and help you stay ahead of the sector.
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In the Fleet sector where competition can be fierce, ensuring you have access to up to date, fast, reliable data is crucial to planning and optimising your decision making and providing the best service to your customers. Understanding accurately the parts, servicing and maintenance needs for your fleet of cars, vans and LCVs is essential. If you’re providing Fleet Services using Auto-Part and Auto-Quote can deliver competitive advantage. Talk to us about how our services can help you.
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As demand increases for detailed reporting of traffic and vehicle related data for highway and infrastructure monitoring, maintenance services and planning. We’ve developed a range of solutions to meet the needs of this sector.
We’re already an experienced data provider to the sector. So, whether you‘re a government department, local council, or part of the transportation consulting and survey sector, we can provide data for you – from vehicle emissions for vehicle flows to vehicle weights for critical infrastructure such as car parks or bridges. We can work with you to understand your reporting and analysis needs and provide the most suitable and accurate data sets on a timely and regular basis.
If you’ve an upcoming project, have a specific data need, or you just want to discuss what data may be available, contact us.
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Through our DVLA and associated databases we supply a range of ‘key event’ data – accurately linked to vehicles – yielding invaluable insight to vehicle ownership and lifecycle. We can assist manufacturers and dealerships in maintaining accurate, current customer data. Ensuring you have exact records enabling you to assist customers throughout the lifetime of their vehicle ownership.
Using VRM and VIN search we can validate your customer database, details such as: vehicle plate changes; MOT dates and details and ownership changes. This key event data can be verified and corrected where necessary for cars, bikes and LCVs making your data more effective.
Whether you’re seeking a one off validation of your data or looking for regular updates and checks, contact our team to find out more.
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