Focus Advisors Staff

May 9, 2025: Focus Advisors, the leading M&A firm serving the collision repair industry, is pleased to announce the successful sale of Tom Masano Auto Group’s 50,000sqft highly certified collision center in Reading, PA to Driving Force Collision, a rapidly growing operator backed by TRP Capital, transportation-focused investment firm.  Serving Reading, PA, and surrounding markets … Read more

PORTLAND, OR December 20, 2024 – Puget Collision closed on its acquisition of Bob Thomas Auto Body, Inc., a high-performance and Tesla-certified collision repair shop in northeast Portland. Bob Thomas Auto Body has been in business for 41 years and is known as a high-performance operator in the Portland area. Owner Jeff Smith, a 30+ … Read more

LOS ANGELES, CA, November 5, 2024 – Focus Advisors, a national automotive mergers and acquisitions advisory firm, reports that its client, Pacific Collision Equipment, has been acquired by Kalix River Holdings. Owned and operated by Robert Hornedo, Pacific Equipment sold and serviced Car-O-Liner equipment to repairers in Southern California across 1,280 zip codes. “I enjoyed … Read more

LANSING, MI, September 6, 2024 – Focus Advisors is proud to announce the sale of its client, Tripp’s Collision Centers, to CollisionRight, a regional consolidator. Tripp’s Collision is a well-established name in central Michigan with three locations in Lansing, East Lansing, and Jackson, and has been a cornerstone of the community since its founding in 1988 … Read more

DENVER, December 13, 2023 – Focus Advisors, the leading M&A firm specializing in collision repair, is proud to announce the sale of Colorado Auto Body to Classic Collision. The transaction closed on Friday, December 8th. Owner Bill Lipsitz founded the business 39 years ago, growing it to five shops in Aurora, Denver, Castle Rock, and … Read more

DENVER, November 13, 2023 – Focus Advisors, the leading M&A firm specializing in collision repair transactions, is proud to announce the sale of three collision repair shops in  greater Denver to Classic Collision. The individual shops are Vintage Autoworks (Littleton, CO), Northern Colorado Auto Reconditioning (Greeley), and Body’s by Brown (Englewood). This transaction with Classic … Read more

This article was published by Autobody News on October 11, 2022. Here is the link to the article.  Focus Advisors, an M&A firm specializing in collision repair transactions, announced its client, Mills Body Shops of Evansville, IN, and its four locations have been acquired by CollisionRight, headquartered in Columbus, OH.  Started in 1955 by the Mills family, Don Decker … Read more