Boutique. Sector-specialist. Confidential.
Coussa Group advises dealer principals and qualified acquirers on automotive dealership transactions across every Canadian province and every US state. We work in English and French, on sell-side, buy-side, valuation, and capital advisory mandates — and only on those.
Coussa Group was founded on a simple premise: dealership owners deserve sector-specialist representation when they sell.
The firm was created to give dealer principals and qualified acquirers access to the kind of M&A discipline usually reserved for larger corporate transactions — without the generalist gaps that come with a multi-sector advisory shop.
The work is handled by a team that focuses on dealership M&A exclusively. No sideline practices. No category drift. Every engagement is led by an advisor who has actually negotiated dealership transactions and knows what manufacturer approval, real-estate carve-outs, and cross-border closings look like in practice.
Coussa Group runs sell-side processes, buy-side searches, valuations, and capital-advisory mandates — and only those.
Four mandates. One sector.
Every Coussa Group engagement falls into one of four categories. We don't take work outside them.
Confidential Dealership Sales
NDA-bound sale processes for single-point dealers and multi-store groups planning a full or partial exit. We run the entire process — CIM, buyer outreach, IOI/LOI, diligence, manufacturer approval, closing.
Targeted Acquisition Searches
Off-market searches and negotiations for qualified buyers — independent operators acquiring their first store, dealer groups expanding their footprint, and PE-backed platforms entering automotive retail.
Dealership Business Valuations
Defensible valuations for sale planning, partner buyouts, estate planning, and lender requirements. Methodology grounded in actual dealership comps, blue-sky multiples, and OEM-specific dynamics.
Capital & Real Estate Advisory
Acquisition financing, dealership real-estate carve-outs and sale-leasebacks, and selective capital-raising mandates for buyers and operators in the sector.
Three principles that govern every engagement.
Confidentiality first
NDA-bound buyer outreach. No public listings. No identifiable details shared without your written approval. Your name, your store, your numbers stay yours until you decide otherwise.
Sector specialization
Automotive dealerships only — in Canada and the United States. Every advisor on the engagement understands manufacturer approval, blue-sky multiples, real-estate dynamics, and OEM consent processes.
Outcome-driven mandates
We don't take listing-volume mandates or fees-for-effort. Engagement structures are aligned to the outcome you're after: a closed sale, an executed acquisition, a defensible valuation.
Pan-North-American. Bilingual. Cross-border-capable.
Coussa Group operates across all 10 Canadian provinces and all 50 US states. Engagement materials and negotiations are delivered in English or French as the mandate requires.
Cross-border transactions are a particular focus — US buyers acquiring Canadian rooftops, Canadian groups expanding into US markets, and the OEM-approval, FX, and regulatory workstreams those transactions require.
If you're considering a sale, an acquisition, or a valuation — talk to us.
Every conversation begins under NDA. No timelines, no pressure to list. Just a sector-specialist read on what your dealership is worth and what your options look like.