Automotive parts procurement for the trade
Spend less time chasing parts.
Tell us what you need. Parts 4 Trade handles the sourcing, so your team can spend more time getting vehicles through the workshop.
A personal parts procurement service for garages, bodyshops, dealers and automotive businesses.
Your workshop shouldn't be a parts call centre.
It usually starts with one phone call. Then another. The first supplier hasn't got it, the second needs the VIN, the third puts you on hold while someone checks the back of the shelf. You repeat the same registration and the same job description four times before lunch.
Meanwhile the car is on the ramp, the customer wants an update, and the technician who should be working on it is stood at the counter waiting for a callback that might not come.
Parts 4 Trade gives you one place to send those requirements. You describe the job once, we take on the sourcing work, and we come back to you with what we've found.
How it works
Four straightforward steps
No portal to learn and no automated system between you and the answer.
- 01
Send your requirements
Registration or VIN, part details and any photos or documents you have.
- 02
We review the request
We clarify the specification where needed and source suitable options.
- 03
Review the quote
You receive the available options, prices and expected lead times.
- 04
Approve the supply
The team arranges the next steps and keeps you informed.
We can't promise that every part will be available, and lead times depend on the supplier. What we will do is tell you honestly what we've found.
Why trade customers use us
A procurement service that fits around your workshop
- Less time spent contacting multiple suppliers
- One clear place to send parts requirements
- Help with awkward or difficult sourcing requests
- A service shaped around the way your business works
- Clear communication on options and availability
Who we help
Built for motor trade businesses
Different businesses have different sourcing headaches. The service is shaped around yours.
Independent garages
Service and repair parts sourced while your technicians stay on the tools.
Bodyshops and accident repair centres
Panel, lighting and structural parts sourced against estimates and photographs.
Dealerships and specialists
Support for overflow work, older vehicles and parts outside your usual franchise.
Fleet and multi-site operators
One route for requirements coming in from several vehicles, sites or workshops.
Common questions
The things trade customers ask first
More detail is on the FAQs page.
Ready to make parts sourcing easier?
Open a trade account to get set up, or send a parts request and we'll start looking.