APCO Holdings has acquired Lawley Automotive Dealer Solutions, an agency that was founded in 1984 and serves 200-plus clients from its Western New York headquarters. +
Ken Ganley Automotive has acquired Lexus of Cleveland and Lexus of Akron-Canton from Ascent Automotive, adding its first Lexus franchises within miles of its Northeast Ohio headquarters. +
Urban Science’s mid-year dealership and franchise count finds Texas leading a small group of states adding rooftops in a largely flat market marked by lower per-store sales. +
Kerrigan Advisors’ Blue Sky Report for the second quarter shows merger and acquisition activity in the dealership sector improved on a year-over-year basis in the first half of 2025. +
Presidio Group analysts say U.S. dealership buy-sell activity was roughly on par with last year for the first two quarters of 2025, but blockbuster deals could portend a busier second half. +
Group 1 Automotive has acquired a Mercedes-Benz dealership located in an uptown Atlanta neighborhood known for its high-rise office and condo towers and wealthy residents. +
AutoCanada announced the sale of 13 of its 17 U.S. franchised dealerships to multiple unnamed purchasers in a series of deals worth more than $60 million. +
The third-generation owners of Bosak Auto Group have divested their auto retail holdings through separate deals with Victory Automotive and the Garff Family of Dealerships. +
Coughlin Automotive has acquired Bob Chapman Ford of Marysville, Ohio, from fourth-generation owner Joe Chapman, adding the state’s first Ford dealership to its growing network. +
Ancira Automotive Group has acquired Patriot Buick GMC, a dealership known for serving the Killeen, Texas, community and families stationed at nearby Fort Hood for 34 years. +
