Insights for Automotive Vendors
Guides for the vendors who sell to franchise dealerships, and for dealers, on what a dealership buy-sell means for them. Each post states BSR's own numbers live from its store records and cites a source for every other fact.
- Market Data
Dealership Buy-Sells in September 2026
The named buyers and sellers of September 2026, the month's store records and its leading franchises and states, with the month before beside them.
- Market Data
Dealership Buy-Sell Activity in the Third Quarter of 2026
BSR's store records for July to September 2026, month by month, with the franchises and states that have the most, beside the quarter before.
- Vendor Guide
How to Find Out If a Dealership Was Sold
Where an ownership change shows up first, how to check a store you sell to, and what to do in the weeks after a sale.
- Vendor Guide
What Happens to Vendor Contracts When a Dealership Sells?
Who keeps a vendor agreement after a buy-sell is settled in the sale agreement. What a dealer attorney says to check, and what a vendor can do.
- Product Guide
Dealership Buy-Sell Tracker: Why Every Automotive Vendor Needs One
What a buy-sell tracker should tell you, where its records come from, and what to check before you pay for one.
- Market Data
Dealership Buy-Sell Transactions Hit Record Highs: What Vendors Need to Know in 2026
Kerrigan Advisors counts a record number of dealership transactions in the year to June 2026. What that pace means for vendors.
- Vendor Strategy
Why Automotive Vendors Lose Customers They Don't Know About
New ownership can end a vendor relationship before the vendor hears about the sale.
- Vendor Strategy
The Hidden Cost of Dealership Buy-Sells for Automotive Vendors
Ownership changes create costs most vendors never measure: lost revenue, rep time and operational drag.
- Sales Strategy
The First Vendor In Wins: How to Reach New Dealership Owners Before Your Competition
How to make a useful first contact with a store's new owner.
- Sales Strategy
Why a Dealership Buy-Sell Is Your Best Sales Opportunity of the Year
A sale is a moment when a store's vendor list is reviewed. Three kinds of opportunity it opens.
Latest from the data
The Buy-Sell Report has 41 franchise dealership store records for October 2026, the latest closed month, and 41 of them are buy-sells. One record is one store: a deal that moves several stores is several records. The month page lists the records by type and by state.
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