Ch. 01Recognition
You spent thirty years building it. You get one chance to sell it.
DSMA is the automotive intelligence and M&A advisory firm dealer principals call before the biggest financial decision of their career. 550+ dealerships sold, 97% at asking price or greater.
Ch. 02The questions you are carrying
What is it actually worth?
Who could genuinely afford to buy it?
And what happens to the people who built it with me?
Those are the right questions. Answering all three is the entire job.
Ch. 03Which side of the table
Two paths. Pick the one that sounds like you.
Exit on your terms, at your number.
The moment word gets out, your leverage starts leaking — staff hear it, your OEM hears it, competitors hear it. We run it the other way around: buyers are qualified before your name is ever attached to a conversation.
See the stores that never hit the market.
Public listings are the tail end of the market. DSMA carries the sell-side mandates, which means qualified buyers see opportunities at the point they are still actionable — across 40 OEM brands.
Ch. 04Why us and not the broker down the road
Every number here is work already closed.
2,500+
Dealership valuations completed
550+
Dealerships sold
$2.5B+
Value generated for our clients
97%
Sold at asking price or greater
Every figure comes from work we have actually closed. See how those results are built, or start with your own valuation.
Ch. 05How it actually runs
Four steps. No obligation until the third.
Most owners talk to us for months before anything happens. That is by design — you should know your number long before you decide to act on it.
Step one
A confidential conversation
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
Brand, market, real estate, fixed operations, and the story behind your financials. How we value a dealership.
Step three
The right buyers, pre-qualified
Vetted for capital and OEM fit before your name is attached to anything. Selling with DSMA.
Step four
Approval, close, transition
The OEM package through to sign-off, and the hundred details between handshake and handover. Inside an approval package.
Ch. 06What you get at each stage
Six services, mapped to where you are in the story.
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Before you decide
Business Valuation
A defensible number built on real methodology, not a rule of thumb — the document every other decision rests on.
Explore valuations
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When you are selling
Sellers Consultation
Positioning, timing and buyer strategy for owners considering an exit — confidential from the first call.
For sellers
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When you are buying
Buyers Consultation
Acquisition strategy, target sourcing and diligence support for groups and first-time dealer principals.
For buyers
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Before it can close
OEM Approval Packages
Application and dealer-principal packages prepared to the standard manufacturers actually approve.
AAP & DPP
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Throughout
360° Support
Advisors with a full view of every side of the buy/sell process, so nothing falls between the specialists.
How we support you
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Long before you sell
QUOTUS
Turns your monthly OEM financial statements into business intelligence — so you sell from a documented position of strength.
See QUOTUS
Ch. 07This market is moving now
Dealerships changing hands this quarter.
- Available Franchise dealership — Listing 10210
- Available Powersports dealership — Kelowna, BC
- Available Dealership real estate — Listing 10250
Ch. 08Owners who already did this
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.
Wes Monker — New Dealer Principal
Ch. 09The only step that matters today
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.
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Markham, ON L3R 9S7
United States — head office
Naples, FL 34103
