Auto repair and body shops pair essential demand with sticky customers and equipment-heavy barriers to entry — a durable, cash-generating acquisition.
Updated June 5, 2026 · live market data refreshed daily
Live from the Waterfall — refreshed daily and de-duped across the major marketplaces and broker sites we track.
The states with the most auto repair shops listed in the Waterfall right now — tap through to that state’s full market.
National averages blur the picture — pricing for auto repair shops swings by state. Here’s the live median in the states with enough priced auto repair shops to trust a number, cheapest in California (~$350,000) and priciest in New Jersey (~$830,000).
| State | Listings | Median asking | Median cash flow | Typical multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | ~300 | ~$350,000 | ~$180,000 | 2.0× |
| Pennsylvania | ~60 | ~$400,000 | ~$230,000 | 1.7× |
| Colorado | ~60 | ~$430,000 | ~$160,000 | 2.6× |
| Illinois | ~50 | ~$450,000 | ~$200,000 | 2.3× |
| Michigan | ~40 | ~$450,000 | ~$140,000 | 3.2× |
| Florida | ~200 | ~$490,000 | ~$190,000 | 2.6× |
| Texas | ~150 | ~$500,000 | ~$150,000 | 3.4× |
| Ohio | ~50 | ~$570,000 | ~$240,000 | 2.4× |
| Minnesota | ~30 | ~$600,000 | ~$200,000 | 3.0× |
| Missouri | ~50 | ~$620,000 | ~$230,000 | 2.7× |
| New York | ~100 | ~$680,000 | ~$210,000 | 3.2× |
| New Jersey | ~60 | ~$830,000 | ~$300,000 | 2.7× |
Medians shown only for states with enough disclosed auto repair shops financials to be reliable; smaller states are still building priced inventory. Rounded live medians from the Waterfall, not appraisals.
A sample of what’s live right now. Set a Buy Box to see only the auto repair shops that fit your thesis.
Showing 4 of ~1,750 active listings · financials shown where the broker disclosed them.
The hard part of buying one of the auto repair shops isn’t that there’s nothing for sale — it’s that the deals are scattered across general marketplaces, dozens of local broker sites, and a much larger pool of owners who never list at all. Searchers who win do two things: they cover the on-market sources we track in one place, and they go directly to owners off-market.
On-market, auto repair shops show up across national marketplaces and the sites of regional brokers who work specific metros. Off-market is where the depth is — owner-operated businesses whose owners would sell to the right buyer but have never put up a listing. DealStratum’s Waterfall pulls the on-market sources into one live, de-duped feed; Owner Sourcing and Direct Mail reach the off-market owners.
Set your Buy Box to auto repair shops (plus your states, price, and cash-flow range) and the Waterfall narrows to only the auto repair shops that fit your thesis — refreshed daily and de-duped, so you’re not re-reading the same listing under three brokers. Add the ones worth a look to your pipeline in a click, and screen them fast with AI Deal Screening before you spend a week on diligence.
Searchers looking at auto repair shops often also track:
Cover the on-market sources we track in one feed (a deal aggregator filtered to auto repair shops) and go off-market directly to owners. Searching marketplaces one at a time misses both the regional broker listings and the much larger off-market pool.
Yes — most of them. The strongest auto repair shops are owner-operated and never publicly listed. You reach them by sourcing the owner and contacting them directly. See finding off-market businesses.
Asking prices for auto repair shops listed in the Waterfall right now range from about $5K–$30M, depending on cash flow, location, assets, and whether real estate is included.
Turn on the Waterfall, filter to auto repair shops, and watch the matches come to you — on-market and off.