Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram clusters across the third-largest US auto market. Florida produces some of the most active cross-border dealership deal flow in the United States. Coussa Group runs confidential mandates on Stellantis North America dealerships across Florida metros.
Florida is the third-largest US auto market by retail volume, with Stellantis density concentrated in Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville metros. The state combines no income tax, retiree-driven demographics, and an inbound population pattern that makes Florida one of the most attractive expansion markets in the country.
Florida Stellantis rooftops are concentrated in 5 major metros. Combined retail volume places Florida third in the US for CDJR brand sales.
Texas-, California-, and increasingly Canadian-headquartered dealer groups have all completed Florida Stellantis acquisitions in 2025-26.
Stellantis NA runs a unified Dealer Development function from Auburn Hills. Cross-border buyers submit a single application that covers both Canadian and US operations — faster than bilateral OEM models.
Stellantis CDJR blue-sky multiples in Florida are running 4x to 6.5x normalized EBITDA in 2026, with brand mix (Jeep + Ram weighting) materially affecting the headline number.
Florida has been one of the most active US dealership M&A markets for three consecutive years. The combination of demographics, regulatory environment, and Stellantis NA's unified North American approval model produces a transaction context that is fundamentally different from many other US markets.
Demographics. Florida's inbound population pattern continues. Retirees from the Northeast, working-age professionals from California, and international buyers all contribute to a retail demand profile that supports above-trend dealership volumes. Stellantis brand mix (Jeep, Ram, Wrangler-product, truck-product) fits Florida's consumer demographics particularly well.
Regulatory environment. No state income tax, business-friendly franchise law (Florida's dealer-franchise statutes are among the most balanced in the country), and a streamlined business registration process all reduce friction for incoming acquirers. Cross-border buyers in particular favor Florida for these reasons.
Stellantis NA unified approval. Unlike bilateral-panel OEMs (Toyota, Honda, BMW), Stellantis runs a unified North American Dealer Development function. A Canadian buyer acquiring a Florida CDJR cluster goes through one approval process spanning both markets — typically 60-90 days end-to-end versus 120-180 days for bilateral-panel OEMs.
Stellantis NA operates from Auburn Hills, Michigan, and applies more documented criteria than most other OEMs. The Dealer Development Committee evaluates:
Our active and recent Florida CDJR engagements split across:
Coussa Group has closed multiple cross-border Stellantis deals between Quebec-based Canadian groups and Florida sellers in 2025-26. The pattern is structurally clean: existing Stellantis relationship on both sides of the border accelerates Stellantis NA approval, no state income tax simplifies the buyer's post-acquisition tax structure, and Florida's inbound demographics provide a runway for buyer-side growth that is hard to find in other US markets.
For the structural mechanics on cross-border Stellantis transactions specifically, see the OEM friction map and the case studies, one of which walks through a Quebec-to-Atlanta Stellantis transaction.
If you are a Florida Stellantis dealer principal exploring an exit, or a buyer (Canadian, multi-state US, or PE-backed) looking for Florida CDJR opportunities, the next step is a confidential valuation or buyer-network conversation. Coussa Group runs both sides of the Florida Stellantis market with Stellantis NA consent coordination built into the process.
Related reading: how dealerships are valued · the five succession paths · the cross-border M&A framework.
Coussa Group runs both sell-side and buy-side mandates on every major OEM franchise across Canada and the US. NDA-bound from the first reply. No public listing, no signal to your manufacturer.