Best Auto Companies in Nigeria
The 35 best Auto companies in Nigeria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Autocheck Africa.
- Middle-income consumers turning more toward used cars, survey finds
- Auto industry sales satisfaction declines for the first time in eight
Our analysis of 256 Auto companies
$29.3b in tracked funding; 77% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Auto companies in Nigeria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Autocheck Africa Provider of an online platform for buying and financing used cars | $17M | 58 mo ago | Seed | Iyamu Mohammed Co-Founder | 2011 | SentryNode.jsMUI+21 | — |
| 2 | Jet Motor Company Manufacturer of automotive motors | $9M | 78 mo ago | Series A | Chidi Ajaere CEO | 2018 | Node.jsReactNext.js+4 | — |
| 3 | Cars45 Online C2B car buying platform | $5M | 112 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2016 | Node.jsVue.jsNuxt.js+5 | — |
| 4 | Mecho Autotech Provider of repair and maintenance services aggregator | $5M | 36 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | — | — |
| 5 | Fixit45 Company providing servicing and maintenance for automobiles | $2M | 35 mo ago | Seed | Pankaj Bohhra Co-Founder | 2020 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+22 | — |
| 6 | ETAP Provider of vehicle insurance policies with options for flexible payment plans | $2M | 53 mo ago | Seed | Ibraheem Babalola CEO | 2021 | — | — |
| 7 | ChekiNigeria Online platform to buy and sell cars | — | 183 mo ago | Acquired | Carey Eaton Co-Founder | 2010 | — | — |
| 8 | C&I Leasing Finance Leases & other ancillary services provider | — | 240 mo ago | Acquired | Andrew Otike Odibi CEO & MD | 1990 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
Top 8 Auto companies in Nigeria
#1
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021 · 58 employees$4.7Mraised▾
Provider of repair and maintenance services aggregator. The platform provides a directory of workshop that allows users to search and find repair workshops in real time. It allows users to book inspection and repair services. The platform offers an app for customers to book services online and schedule time based on requirement and services.
- Sep 2023Seed$2.4M
- Feb 2022Seed$2.1M
- Nov 2021Seed—
- 2021Seed$125K
#2
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2020 · 30 employees$1.9Mraised▾
It is an auto-tech company that provides high-quality servicing and maintenance for automobiles. They aim to enable efficient interactions across multiple aftermarket stakeholders in the automotive industry.
- Sep 2023Seed$1.9M
#3
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2011 · 250 employees$16.9Mraised▾
Provider of an online platform for buying and financing used cars. The platform offers listings of used vehicles with options for loan applications. It also provides resources such as a blog, FAQs, and information about terms of service. The company aims to facilitate automotive commerce through its online marketplace.
- Oct 2021Seed$13.1M
- Aug 2020Seed$3.8M
#4
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021 · 14 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Provider of vehicle insurance policies with options for flexible payment plans. It offers third-party and comprehensive coverage. The business provides a tool to verify vehicle documents. It also provides driving insights based on driving behavior.
- Apr 2022Seed$1.5M
#5
Series A · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2018 · 1 employees$9Mraised▾
Manufacturer of automotive motors
- Mar 2020Series A$9M
#6
Acquired · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2016 · 328 employees$5Mraised▾
Cars45 is an online C2B car buying platform. The platform allows the used car sellers to obtain a free online quote and schedule a free inspection at an inspection centre. Based on the physical inspection of the car, it makes an offer to the users. If accepted, the company claims to wire payment to the owner's bank account within 45 minutes.
- May 2017Series A$5M
#7
Acquired · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2010—raised▾
Cheki is an online platform to buy and sell cars. Offers an online advertising platform for car dealers, importers and private sellers. Also provides Japanese import cars to Nigeria. Users can also get leads for insurance provider and can buy auto parts. Cheki.com.ng is a division of Cheki Africa Medi. Based out of Lagos, Nigeria.
- 2011Seed—
#8
Acquired · Lagos, Lagos · founded 1990 · 501 employees—raised▾
C&I Leasing is the leading brand for finance leases and other ancillary services in Nigeria. It has a balance sheet of approximately $136 million, operates in key locations in Nigeria and Ghana. It is the largest leasing company in Nigeria and the only leasing company quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. It expanded its operations into the leasing of oilfield support vessels, to the oil and gas industry, is owning / managing a fleet of 18 vessels.
- Sep 2006PE—
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in Nigeria
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 50 Nigeria-affiliated papers.
- University of Port Harcourt6
- The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti5
- First Technical University4
- Abia State University4
- Nigerian Defence Academy3
- Scalability4
- Intrusion detection system4
- Feature selection4
- Software deployment2
- Architecture2
- Model predictive control3
- Odometry2
- Robustness (evolution)2
- Control theory (sociology)2
- Kalman filter2
- Cadastre5
- Face (sociological concept)4
- Context (archaeology)3
- Perception3
- Aerospace engineering2
Where autonomous vehicles is researched across Nigeria
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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