The development of automobile repair equipment industry has a long development process. As the automobile was invented in the industrial revolution period, the developed capitalist countries first began to use and popularize automobiles very much. The heavy use of cars is faced with the problem of repair and maintenance. At first, people repair cars by their hands and simple tools, and these simple devices and tools are also produced by automobile manufacturers or parts enterprises. With the increase of car ownership, vehicle maintenance equipment has a huge business opportunities, developed countries such as Germany, the United States, Italy, Britain and other car maintenance equipment enterprises began to be born, professional designers began to design and provide some maintenance equipment for the professional auto repair factory, the first tyre dismantling machine, balancing machine, wheel four Locator, lift begins. With the use of automobile electronic control system, the car decoder was later invented.

After hundreds of years of development, the automobile maintenance equipment industry has become an independent industry, the automobile maintenance equipment and the related service industries, such as maintenance, technical training, vehicle maintenance equipment exhibition, vehicle maintenance equipment, vehicle maintenance equipment store supermarket.

China's automobile repair equipment industry also has a long development process. Many of China's automobile technology is based on foreign enterprises or improved, so that they become their own products. In spite of the rapid development of the auto industry in China, the advanced automobile maintenance equipment has not been popularized in some areas after the economic development.