has nearly 44,000 members. They are primarily companies with fleets of commercial vehicles, such as carriers, that are supported technically and commercially by DEKRA. The association also provides employee training for companies engaged in the safe transport of dangerous goods or substances. DEKRA e. V. holds 100% of the shares in DEKRA SE. It acts as a holding company for the subsidiaries organised into the following three business units: DEKRA Automotive (vehicle inspection, expert appraisals, used car management, homologation and type testing, consultancy and workshop tests, claims services) DEKRA Industrial (construction and property, machinery and plant safety, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, energy and process industries, system certification, product testing and certification) DEKRA Personnel (qualification, temporary work, outplacement and recruitment) Overall, the group has more than 230 subsidiaries and holdings in over 50 countries. Key figures In fiscal year 2021, the expert organization achieved sales of €3.5 billion. At the end of 2021, Dekra employed around 48,000 people across the Group. History DEKRA was founded in Berlin in 1925 as Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-Überwachungs-Verein (German Motor Vehicle Inspection Association). When National Socialists come to power in 1933, DEKRA follows a consciously neutral course with regard to the National Socialist state and the Nazi Party under the management of Kurt Möhring. From 1937, DEKRA can no longer maintain its neutral course with regard to the National Socialist regime and is forced to organize itself within the state-controlled trade association “Reichsverkehrsgruppe Kraftfahrgewerbe” (Reich Transport Group for the Motor Vehicle Industry) In World War II, the majority of DEKRA engineers are drafted into the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces). Starting in 1942, the focal point of orders shifts from vehicle inspection to damage and time estimates. After World War II, former DEKRA engineers resume the company's work in 1946. Stuttgart becomes the new location of the head office. After the introduction of the main vehicle inspection in 1951. In 1961, DEKRA was recognised as an official inspection association. The first DEKRA training centre was opened in Wart in 1974. DEKRA AG was founded in 1990 and took over the work of the association. DEKRA ETS was founded in 1991 and took on technical safety, materials testing and construction tasks. DEKRA Umwelt was founded in 1993 in cooperation with the Kölnische Rückversicherung reinsurance company. Further partnerships followed in Eastern Europe beginning in 1993. On 13 July 2010, DEKRA AG was renamed DEKRA SE (Societas Europaea), becoming