Westward Ho: Dramatic Changes in the Southern California Repair Market

Four significant acquisitions in the last six months are emphatic evidence of the momentous changes in the largest collision repair market in the US – Southern California with more than $3.5 billion in repair volume.  In quick succession, Chicago based Crash Champions has acquired Pacific Elite and Fountain Valley Auto Body while Atlanta based Classic … Read more

Focus Advisors 2020 Midyear Report

It’s August 2020 and we are more than halfway through a most extraordinary year. The Great Pause continues. What follows is our midyear update.  As always please feel free to reach out to us anytime for information, advice, or just to share what you and we are seeing in our industry right now. Operations Average … Read more

David Roberts Shares Impact of Driven Brands Purchase of Fix Auto USA & ACAB

Published in Autobody News April 27, 2020 Written by Stacey Phillips David Roberts, managing director of FOCUS Advisors, Inc. With Driven Brands‘ purchase of Fix Auto USA and Auto Center Auto Body on April 21, the collision repair industry is experiencing another shift in landscape during a time of accelerating consolidations. FOCUS Advisors, a full-service mergers and acquisitions (M&A) firm specializing … Read more