MicksGarage.com plans €5m funding round

Car parts retailer revs up for €100m turnover target

Ciaran Crean of Micksgarage.com. Picture: Feargal Ward

Online car parts and car accessories retailer MicksGarage.com is plotting a private equity round to raise up to €5 million next year as it continues its pan-European expansion.

“We have a big goal of €100 million [in turnover],” said Ciaran Crean, chief executive of MicksGarage.

“For us as a business we’ve been growing [by] 50 per cent year-on-year for eight years.

“Of course six or seven years ago the numbers weren’t that big. ...