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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

In this episode of the M&A Master Podcast, host Patrick Stroth speaks with David Roberts, Founder and CEO of Focus Advisors, an M&A firm specializing in the collision repair industry. With decades of experience across law, investment management, and co-founding the nation’s largest consolidator, Caliber Collision, David shares his unique insights into what it takes to … Read more

View the PDF version of this article here: Year in Review The year 2024 posed some challenges for the collision repair industry, and single shops and MSOs alike were forced to adapt accordingly. The Total Cost of Repair (TCOR) for vehicles rose by 3.7% to $4,667, according to CCC. At the same time, miles driven … Read more

If you’re looking to sell your shop(s), 2025 is shaping up to be a good year. Here’s what you need to know first. This podcast was originally published by Jay Sicht on FenderBender and is republished here with permission. Focus Advisors is a mergers and acquisitions firm specializing in the collision repair market and helping MSO owners achieve maximum … 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

David Roberts, the founder and managing director of Focus Advisors Automotive M&A, presented the collision repair industry’s market update at this year’s MSO Symposium in early November in Las Vegas. Roberts addressed an audience of more than 400 attendees in his presentation titled “Scale and its Rewards: Industry Landscape and Market Dynamics”. He set the … 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

What Private Equity Firms Should Look for in a Platform Acquisition In a recent conversation with a large private equity firm, we were asked to give some advice about how they might build a substantial consolidator from scratch. This particular firm had identified a very accomplished executive in the automotive space, but not specifically in … Read more