CONFIDENTIAL M&A ADVISORY
Sell or Acquire Automotive Dealerships Across North America
Coussa Group advises dealer principals through exit and qualified acquirers through targeted search — across every Canadian province and every US state, in English and French. Retained engagements, handled discreetly, led by advisors who work in dealership M&A exclusively.
All inquiries are handled with strict confidentiality.
- Fully Confidential
- Qualified Buyers Only
- NDA-Protected Deals
- National Coverage
Select Your Portal
Seller Portal
Buyer Portal
Broker Portal
Full-Spectrum Dealership M&A Advisory
Coussa Group advises dealership owners and buyers exclusively — no generalist brokers, no sideline practices. Every transaction receives our complete focus, from first valuation to final close.
Sell-Side Advisory
We guide dealership owners through every stage of a sale — from confidential valuation to buyer vetting, negotiation, and closing.
Buy-Side Advisory
Whether you're acquiring your first store or expanding a group, we source off-market opportunities and negotiate on your behalf.
Buyer Network
Access our network of pre-qualified, NDA-signed buyers — from independent operators to national dealer groups and PE-backed platforms.
Broker Partnerships
We partner with brokers and advisors to co-represent transactions, sharing expertise and expanding deal flow for mutual clients.
What This Firm Is Built For
Coussa Group works exclusively with automotive dealerships, across every Canadian province and every US state. The firm is structured around that focus.
Exclusive Automotive Focus
Deep sector expertise in North American dealership M&A — not a generalist firm.
Confidential Process
NDA-first approach protects sellers, staff, and OEM relationships throughout.
National Buyer Network
Access to pre-qualified buyers including groups, private equity, and OEM-approved operators.
Full Transaction Coverage
Valuation, marketing, negotiation, due diligence, and closing — under one roof.
Our Approach
Five Shifts Decide the Outcome.
Coussa Group works every sell-side engagement against a shared methodology — The 5 Shifts — built from the preparations that separate dealer principals who exit on their own terms from those who find themselves reacting to the process.
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Mindset. Decide, Then Prepare.
Selling a dealership is a once-in-a-lifetime decision long before it is a once-in-a-lifetime transaction. The moment a principal honestly asks whether this is what they want to do for the rest of their life is the moment the rest of the work becomes possible. Preparation is what that decision unlocks; it cannot substitute for it.
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The Business Has to Run Without You.
A store that visibly depends on its owner sells at a multiple of EBITDA. A store that runs as a system — GM handling day-to-day, reporting running without intervention, key staff secured — sells on what it can produce under new ownership, and closes with shorter earn-outs, smaller seller notes, and less structure the seller has to live with afterward.
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One Buyer Is Not a Market.
When the first serious offer becomes the whole negotiation, every concession is real because there is nowhere else to go. A confidential process brings multiple qualified buyers to the table at the same stage, each under NDA. They compete against each other — not against the seller.
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What You Share, You Can't Unshare.
Information released reactively costs staff, customers, OEM goodwill, and price — often in ways that don't surface for months. A curated information architecture, released in stages tied to NDA depth, protects what can be protected and gives up only what is earned.
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Position Yourself as the Decision-Maker.
An M&A process is transactional, but it is also ego-driven on both sides of the table. The dealer principal who walks in as the clear author of the transaction — prepared, positioned, selling on their own timeline — ends up with a different result than the one walking in reactive. The first four shifts are what allow this positioning to be earned.
Before You Retain A Firm, See The Framework.
A structured walk-through of the five preparations that separate dealer principals who exit on their own terms from those who react to the process. Read on your time, from Coussa Group. Built for owners planning a transition in the next one to three years.