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See the stores that never hit the market.
Most good dealerships change hands before they are ever listed. DSMA holds the relationships and the mandates that put qualified buyers in the room first — across 40 OEM brands and every sector we serve.
Why buyers work with us
Deal flow you cannot generate from the outside.
Public listings are the tail end of the market. By the time a strong store is advertised, it has usually already been shown to the buyers the seller's advisor trusted. DSMA sits on the other side of that: we carry the sell-side mandates, which means our buyers see opportunities at the point they are actionable.
That access comes with a standard. Buyers are screened for capital and OEM fit before listings are released, because a seller's confidentiality is the whole basis of the relationship. Pre-qualification protects you too — it means the opportunities you are shown are ones you can realistically close.
- Live mandates across Canada, the USA and the United Kingdom
- 40 OEM brands, plus trucking, marine, powersports, heavy machinery and body shops
- Diligence support from LOI through to close
- Dealership real estate opportunities for owners and investors
Who we work with
Groups expanding, and principals buying their first store.
01
Dealer groups
Acquisition strategy against a defined footprint — which markets, which brands, and what the OEM will actually approve you to add.
02
First-time principals
The step from general manager to owner is mostly an approval problem. We prepare the package manufacturers sign off on.
03
Investors and real estate
Dealership property carries different risk from the operating business. Both can be acquired, together or apart.
Getting started
Tell us what you are looking for, before it appears.
The most useful thing a buyer can do is register a clear mandate — brand, region, size, and timing. Opportunities rarely stay available long enough to be discovered passively, so the buyers who do well are the ones we already know how to match.
Start by reviewing current acquisition opportunities, then talk to an advisor about a mandate. If an acquisition is likely to need manufacturer sign-off — and it almost always does — see OEM Approval Packages. Buyers who also operate stores use QUOTUS to benchmark what they are acquiring against what they already run.
Get in front of the next one.
Register your acquisition criteria and see opportunities while they are still actionable.