Automotive mergers & acquisitions
The best way to buy or sell a dealership is DSMA.
We are North America's automotive intelligence and M&A advisory firm — 550+ dealerships sold, $2.5B+ in generated value, and the largest list of qualified buyers and sellers on the continent.
- 2,500+ valuations
- 550+ dealerships sold
- 97% at asking or above
Generated value
$2.5B+
Returned to dealer principals across Canada, the USA and the UK.
Looking to sell
Exit on your terms, at your number.
You built it over decades. We make sure the market pays for what you built — quietly, and without disrupting the business while it happens.
- A defensible valuation before you commit to anything
- Buyers pre-qualified before they ever see your name
- OEM approval handled end to end
Looking to buy
See the stores that never hit the market.
Most good dealerships change hands before they are ever listed. We hold the relationships — and the mandates — that put you in the room first.
- Live mandates across Canada, the USA and the UK
- 40+ franchises, plus trucking, marine and powersports
- Diligence support from LOI through to close
Not sure which door is yours? Start with a business valuation — it commits you to nothing, or read why dealers choose DSMA.
What DSMA is
We are the automotive intelligence and M&A advisory firm dealers call before the biggest decision of their career.
Dealer Solutions Mergers & Acquisitions has completed thousands of valuations and hundreds of transactions over the last decade. We know what a store is worth, who is genuinely able to buy it, and what it takes to get an OEM to sign. That is the whole job — and we do it across every corner of the industry, backed by 360° advisory support and the market data behind QUOTUS.
2,500+
Dealership valuations completed
550+
Dealerships sold
$2.5B+
Value generated for our clients
97%
Of deals sold at asking price or greater
Every number here comes from work we have actually closed. See how those results are built, or start with your own valuation.
What we do
Six services, one continuous handrail from first question to final signature.
Every engagement starts with a conversation and a number. Nothing moves until you decide it should.
01
Business Valuation
A defensible number built on real methodology, not a rule of thumb — the document every other decision rests on.
02
Sellers Consultation
Positioning, timing and buyer strategy for owners considering an exit — confidential from the first call.
03
Buyers Consultation
Acquisition strategy, target sourcing and diligence support for groups and first-time dealer principals.
04
OEM Approval Packages
Application and dealer-principal packages prepared to the standard manufacturers actually approve.
05
360° Support
Advisors with a full view of every side of the buy/sell process, so nothing falls between the specialists.
06
QUOTUS
Turns your monthly OEM financial statements into business intelligence — enterprise insight for small and mid-sized groups.
How it works
Four steps. No obligation until the third one.
Most owners talk to us for months before anything happens. That is by design — you should know your number, and your options, long before you decide to act on either.
Step one
A confidential conversation
You tell us where the business is and what you are weighing. Nothing is listed, nothing is disclosed, and no one at your store needs to know it happened. Talk to an advisor.
Step two
A valuation you can defend
Our advisors go beyond the numbers to the factors that actually move your multiple — brand, market, real estate, fixed operations, and the story behind your financials. How we value a dealership.
Step three
The right buyers, pre-qualified
We hold the largest list of engaged buyers and sellers in North America. They are vetted for capital and OEM fit before your name is ever attached to a conversation. Selling with DSMA.
Step four
Approval, close, transition
OEM approval packages, diligence, and the hundred details between handshake and handover — carried by advisors who have done it hundreds of times. Inside an OEM approval package.
Live opportunities
Dealerships on the market right now.
Franchise dealership — Listing 10210
Available
Powersports dealership — Kelowna, BC
Available
Dealership real estate — Listing 10250
Buyers are screened before listings are released. Start with a buyers consultation, or see every current opportunity filtered by region and brand.
Featured in
We worked with Dealer Solutions to purchase our newest dealership. We had a first-time seller and Dealer Solutions was able to help make the transaction go as smoothly as possible.
More on the track record behind these transactions in why dealers choose DSMA.
The Fuel Line — podcast
The conversations dealers are actually having.
Operators, buyers and industry leaders on succession, consolidation and what is really moving valuations this year.
Automotive Market Intelligence Report
Know what your market is doing before you decide.
Transaction trends, multiples and regional movement, compiled from the data behind thousands of DSMA valuations.
Start with a number. Decide the rest later.
A valuation costs you one conversation and commits you to nothing. It is the only honest place to begin — whether you sell next year or in ten.
Canada — head office
Markham, ON L3R 9S7
United States — head office
Naples, FL 34103