Dealer Watch — the car trade keeps watch together
Dealer Watch helps automotive businesses across Europe check a trading partner before the deal. Verify a VAT number live against the EU VIES register, find the company in official business registers, and see whether other automotive businesses reported anything about a vehicle, for licence plates from every EU country. Official data always shows its source and when it was retrieved.
A live check against the EU VIES register: is the VAT number valid, and under which name and address is it registered? For a company name you get direct links into the official business registers of each country.
Source: EU VIES · official business registers
Look up a licence plate from any EU country and see whether other verified automotive businesses reported something about that vehicle — such as an odometer discrepancy, undisclosed damage or a payment problem. You see counts per category, never who reported. The plate field takes the style of your own country.
All 27 EU countries · members only
Counts of evidence-backed reports about companies, by category — such as payment not received, vehicle not delivered or an odometer discrepancy. No verdict and no risk score; the named company can always reply.
Members only · human moderation
Enter a VAT number, company name or licence plate.
Dealer Watch queries the official source live and shows where the data comes from and when it was retrieved.
Register your automotive business for free to see the reports from other members, on companies and on licence plates.
Dealer Watch is a closed platform for verified automotive businesses. Every account belongs to a company with a valid EU VAT number; consumer accounts are not supported.
Yes. Dealer Watch is currently free for automotive businesses. Registering costs nothing; all you need is a valid EU VAT number.
Enter the VAT number including its country code, for example NL123456789B01. Dealer Watch checks it immediately against the EU VIES register and shows whether the number is valid, together with the registered name and address.
As a verified member you see whether other automotive businesses reported something about that vehicle, by category — such as an odometer discrepancy, undisclosed damage or a payment problem. You only see counts of evidence-backed reports, never who filed them. This works for licence plates from all EU countries.
All EU countries. VAT numbers are checked via VIES (including Northern Ireland), and licence plates from all 27 EU countries can be reported and looked up.
No. Dealer Watch shows official data and the number of evidence-backed reports from verified members. There is no score or final verdict, and the named company can reply.
Only verified automotive businesses, with evidence. A human moderator reviews every report before it counts as a signal.
Under the GDPR. Any data subject can request access, correction or erasure through the data rights form.