Automotive Retail and Aftermarket

Automotive M&A, Real Estate, and Capital Advisory

The Automotive Division of Pointe Automotive Advisors works exclusively with owners and operator groups across the automotive retail and automotive services landscape. Our role is not transactional brokerage—it is advisory. We help ownership teams make disciplined capital, merger, and acquisition decisions that shape long-term enterprise value, liquidity, and control.

We are engaged by owners who understand that the most important decisions are often made well before a sale, recapitalization, or expansion. Our work brings structure, clarity, and market perspective to those decisions.

Who We Serve

Our Automotive Division advises privately held owners, family groups, and select institutional platforms across the automotive sector, including:

🔴 Franchise and independent auto dealerships
🔴 Multi-store dealer groups
🔴 Collision and body shop operators
🔴 Automotive service, tire, and quick lube platforms
🔴 Automotive real estate owners with operating businesses attached

We also work alongside OEMs, franchisors, lenders, legal counsel, and CPAs when capital or ownership decisions require coordination across multiple stakeholders.

Advisory-First M&A Support

Our M&A work is intentionally selective and advisory-driven. We are not built for high-volume listings or competitive auction processes. Instead, we support owners who want thoughtful guidance before, during, or alongside a transaction—whether they are selling, acquiring, merging, or restructuring ownership.

Engagements often begin with valuation insight, buyer profile analysis, or capital structuring discussions long before a formal transaction is launched. When a transaction does occur, we remain involved as strategic advisors—helping ownership evaluate terms, assess risk, and protect long-term outcomes.

Real Estate Strategy for Automotive Assets

Real estate is often the largest and least understood component of automotive enterprise value. Our Automotive Division integrates real estate strategy directly into our advisory work rather than treating it as a separate transaction.

We advise on:

🔴 Rent alignment and internal lease structuring
🔴 Sale-leaseback analysis and execution
🔴 Owned versus leased real estate decisions
🔴 Relocation, redevelopment, and modernization strategy
🔴 Institutional investor positioning for automotive assets

By aligning real estate decisions with operating realities and capital objectives, we help owners avoid value leakage and preserve optionality.

Capital Advisory and Ownership Planning

Automotive ownership today requires more than operational excellence. Capital structure, debt strategy, equity positioning, and timing decisions increasingly determine outcomes.

We help owners:

🔴 Understand how capital decisions impact valuation and control
🔴 Evaluate liquidity options without pressure to transact
🔴 Prepare for future transitions 12–36 months in advance
🔴 Coordinate capital strategy with growth, acquisition, or exit plans

Our role is to bring calm, informed judgment to complex decisions—acting as an extension of ownership rather than a transaction-driven intermediary.

A Disciplined, Relationship-Driven Approach

We work with a limited number of automotive clients at any given time. Every engagement is confidential, customized, and grounded in long-term relationships. Our success is measured not by deal volume, but by the quality of outcomes and the trust we earn from ownership teams.

The Automotive Division exists for owners who want clarity before urgency, strategy before transactions, and advice that respects both the business and the balance sheet.