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Focus Advisors Reports that Classic Collision is now the second-largest collision repair provider in the Denver market

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DENVER, December 12, 2023: Focus Advisors, a national mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, who represented Colorado Auto Body in its sale last week and most of Classic Collision’s Denver-area acquisitions, is reporting that Classic Collision in just the last year has vaulted from being the fifth-largest provider to the second-largest by locations in the Denver … Read more

Focus Advisors Automotive M&A on the state of Consolidation and Independent MSOs in 2023

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The Big Collision Repair Consolidation: Past, Present, and Future Industry Trends The collision repair industry has experienced dramatic consolidation over the past 25 years, transforming an industry that was once comprised of over 50,000 small businesses into one increasingly dominated by large national operators. David Roberts, Managing Director at Focus Advisors Automotive M&A, provided invaluable insights … Read more

Able Body Shop

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Able Body Shop was started in 2002 by Ryan Cropper, with the purchase of a shop in downtown Anchorage. Over the next 18 years, Ryan expanded the business — strategically opening two larger shops, aligning Able with the burgeoning needs of the Anchorage market. The rise of consolidation in the industry prompted Ryan to reflect on the business, and he understood that more capital, more scale, and being part of a larger organization was the future.

Private Equity in Collision Repair: More Committed Than Ever

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Scale is paramount to performance in the consolidation of the $36 billion collision repair market.  Private equity provides the fuel that accelerates the consolidation. And private equity firms continue to invest more and more capital with implications for MSOs and single shops that cannot be ignored.   A Bit of History Private equity (PE) investors … Read more