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National Garage Formula Event 2026

The 15th edition of the AUMACON Garage Formula Top-40 for the Dutch market will be presented on Tuesday 1 September 2026 at Dauphine Amsterdam

The annual meeting point of/for the most important garage formulas

Topics this year include: developments around personnel management, (online) car sales, the strength (and weakness) of formulas and international market developments.

Tuesday 1 September, Dauphine Amsterdam

Preliminary programme:

Walk-in between 15:30 and 16:00.

Programme part 1 (from 16:00 to approx. 17:15)

- Patrick van Duijnhoven (commercial director at Bovemij) on current market developments.

- Hari Sankar Ramakrishnan (technical advisor at Figiefa) on the latest technological developments and implications for the industry.

- Interview by chairman of the day Meindert Schut with Ilse Janssen (owner Autobedrijf J. Janssen in Rijsbergen) and winner Autobedrijf van het Jaar 2025

programme part 2 (from 17:40 to approx. 18:30)

- Interview by chairman of the day Meindert Schut with Johan van der Hoeven (former coo LKQ and former chairman RAI association, aftermarket section)

- Presentation AUMACON Garage Formula Top-40 Edition 2026 (the sixteenth!) by Clem Dickmann, director of AUMACON.

Followed by drinks and walking dinner.

Registration will start in the course of June.

Speakers at National Garage Formula Event 2026:

Partners of Edition 2026: