September 2026 in store records
Counts as of , read from the same store records as the September 2026 activity page. They can change as records for the month are added or corrected.
The Buy-Sell Report has 41 franchise dealership store records for September 2026. Of them, 35 are buy-sells, 6 are new openings and 0 are closures.
For August 2026, it has 35 franchise dealership store records, of which 33 are buy-sells, 2 are new openings and 0 are closures.
Franchises and states
The franchises with the most store records in the month are Ford (10), Chevrolet (6) and Toyota (4), followed by 4 franchises with 3 store records each.
The states with the most store records in the month are CA (6), NC (6), PA (4), LA (3) and MN (3).
A store that sells several brands on one franchise record is counted once, under the full list of its brands.
Buy-sells named this month
The buy-sells with a named buyer or seller that the month page lists free, latest first. Subscribers see every record in full.
- Cloninger Ford (Ford), Salisbury, NC. Buyer: Capital Automotive Group. Seller: Larry Cloninger.
- Cloninger Honda (Honda), Salisbury, NC. Buyer: Capital Automotive Group. Seller: Larry Cloninger.
- Cloninger Toyota (Toyota), Salisbury, NC. Buyer: Capital Automotive Group. Seller: Larry Cloninger.
- Toyota of Florence (Toyota), Florence, SC. Buyer: Capital Automotive Group. Seller: Larry Cloninger.
- Jack Kain Ford (Ford), Versailles, KY. Buyer: O'Brien Auto Team. Seller: Kain family.
This month is part of the Dealership Buy-Sell Activity in the Third Quarter of 2026 post. Every month is listed on the monthly activity index.
Notes on the month
The Cloninger sale is four store records because each franchise point is one record: a sale that moves several stores is several records. The same rule put the month's VinFast announcements on three records when this was written, for stores coming soon in Redondo Beach and Tustin, California and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Records for a month keep arriving for weeks after it ends, as state license updates and industry reports are published, so the counts on this page are read live and can differ from the counts on the day this was written. August 2026 is stated beside September as a fact, not as a trend.
How we count
One store record is one franchise dealership store, so a sale that moves several stores is several records. The totals above count buy-sells, new openings and closures. A new opening is counted in the month it was announced, whether it has opened or is still coming soon. License updates are not in these totals, and neither are new openings that are not yet confirmed. Records come from state license records and industry reporting.
The named buy-sells above are the records the monthly activity page for this month already lists free: the latest with a named buyer or seller.
The broker directory and the seller guide are free, and subscribers search every record by dealership, buyer, seller, brand or city.