PSA will open its first full-scale authentication and grading operation in continental Europe next year with a new facility in Frankfurt, Germany.
Expected to open in summer 2026, the facility will grade trading cards onsite and facilitate shipping of other categories for grading in the United States.
The Frankfurt facility joins a number of international operations for PSA, including the full-scale facility in Tokyo and additional offices in Paris, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
PSA’s Tokyo facility, which first opened in 2018, expanded into a full-scale operation in 2023. That operation moved into a space 250% larger in March and, according to Ryan Miller, head of international for PSA, is expected to reach 200 employees and 500% throughput (compared to its starting point) by the end of the year.
The success of PSA’s Tokyo operation served as a successful test for a potential European expansion, with PSA aiming to eliminate friction for its international collectors.
“One of the key things in our mission statement is to make collecting safe, easy and fun. And if you think about that, does that only apply to customers in the U.S., or do we mean customers around the world?” Miller told cllct. “If you take an honest assessment of that, and you look at the experience for collectors in different parts of the world, can you honestly say it’s safe, easy and fun? I think the answer is not yet.”
PSA Europe is expected to open with a workforce of more than 100, including a number of graders who will transition from the United States to help launch the Frankfurt facility.
According to Miller, Frankfurt offered a variety of appealing attributes for PSA’s international expansion. A central location that can serve all of Europe, not just Germany, was critical. PSA has also viewed Germany as a growing region for the hobby, with the authentication company closely monitoring where submissions are coming from, where card shops are opening and where card shows and events are being hosted.
“It’s really well-connected, has great logistics as well,” Miller said. “Then we see different types of partners that continue to locate around the Frankfurt market — there’s some really popular TCG shops in the area. We started with all cities as a possibility, and then as we went through the review and looked at real estate, we ended up in the greater Frankfurt area.”
News of PSA’s expansion into Europe closely follows the company announcing its new PSA Canada facility, which will open in the greater Toronto area Oct. 20.
PSA also announced expansions for two domestic locations in May, with plans to open a dedicated ticket grading facility in Plano, Texas, and an expanded grading facility in Boca Raton, Florida, by 2026.
PSA’s Boca Raton facility is expected to operate out of the same complex as SGC, the former rival grading service that was acquired by PSA parent company Collectors in February 2024.
According to GemRate, PSA graded 8.89 million cards through the first six months of 2025, including more than 5.1 million TCG and non-sports cards. GemRate tracked more than 15.3 million graded items by PSA in 2024.
Ben Burrows is a reporter and editor for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture. He was previously the Collectibles Editor at Sports Illustrated. You can follow him on X and Instagram @benmburrows.