The numbers
Tire & auto shopM&A statistics
Every statistic on this page is derived from our tracked-deal library of public transactions in the independent tire and auto service industry, the same records that power the deal tracker. These are counts of the deals we have tracked, not estimates of the whole market.
The library is current as of July 2026, the month of the latest tracked deal, and it is updated as deals publish.
22
deals tracked
20
deals in the last 12 months
15
distinct buyers tracked
13
states named in deal records
These figures come from our tracked-deal library of public transactions, as of July 2026.
Most active buyers
Who buys the most
- 1GreatWater 360 Auto Care3 deals tracked
- 2Sun Auto Tire & Service3 deals tracked
- 3Big Brand Tire & Service2 deals tracked
- 4Left Lane Auto2 deals tracked
- 5Mavis Tire Express Services2 deals tracked
These figures come from our tracked-deal library of public transactions, as of July 2026.
Buyer types
Deals by buyer type
- consolidator13 deals
- private equity4 deals
- strategic4 deals
- regional chain1 deal
These figures come from our tracked-deal library of public transactions, as of July 2026.
The pace
Tracked deals by month
- Jul 20262
- Jun 20261
- Apr 20261
- Mar 20264
- Feb 20262
- Jan 20262
- Dec 20251
- Nov 20252
- Oct 20252
- Sep 20253
- Aug 20251
- Jun 20251
Only months with at least one tracked deal are shown, and dates reflect public reporting dates. These figures come from our tracked-deal library of public transactions, as of July 2026.
States represented
13
Arizona, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Wisconsin.
This count includes only states named explicitly in a deal's region or target; deals recorded at regional or national scope are not mapped to states. These figures come from our tracked-deal library of public transactions, as of July 2026.
Locations per deal
~222
Average locations acquired per deal, across the 15 tracked deals whose record states a numeric location count for the acquired business.
These figures come from our tracked-deal library of public transactions, as of July 2026.
Latest tracked deal
Mavis Tire Express Services acquires Pep Boys (July 2026)
Read our coverage →These figures come from our tracked-deal library of public transactions, as of July 2026.
Cite this page
Cite as: Auto Shop Acquisitions Deal Tracker, autoshopacquisitions.com/stats.
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