A German court ruled that Google must pay 572 million euros for violating antitrust rules in the price comparison sector.

A German court has concluded that Google abused its dominant market position in the price comparison sector and ruled that the company must pay a total of 572 million euros ($665.6 million) in damages to two German price comparison companies, according to a report by Reuters.

The report said that Google must pay price comparison platform Idealo about 465 million euros (about 540 million dollars) in damages, and 107 million euros (about 124 million dollars) to Producto, another price comparison tool.

Idealo has sought €3.3 billion in damages from Google, arguing that its lawsuit was a direct response to a European Court of Justice ruling in 2024 that found the search giant was favoring its own shopping comparison service, breaking competition rules, and fined it about $2.7 billion.

Idealo said on Friday that it intends to continue its case against Google and seek the full damages for which it sued.

“We welcome Google’s court accountability,” Albrecht von Sonntag, co-founder and CEO of Idealo, said in a statement. “But the consequences of self-bias go far beyond the amount awarded. We will continue to fight — because market abuse must have consequences and a profitable business model must not become worthwhile despite fines and compensation payments.”

Google said it intends to appeal both rulings. “The changes we made in 2017 are working well, without any intervention from the European Commission,” a Google spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “The number of price comparison sites in Europe using the Therapy Shopping module has doubled from seven then to 1,550 sites today.”

The company added that it offers competing comparison shopping services the same opportunity as Google Shopping to display ads, and said that Google Shopping operates as if it were a separate business, participating in auctions like everyone else.

The ruling comes on the heels of an EU investigation into how Google’s spam policy affected publishers’ search rankings. The company was recently fined €2.95 billion (just under $3.5 billion) by the European Union for allegedly violating EU antitrust rules by favoring its own advertising services.

Note: This story has been updated to add comment from Google.