"Dealership Resilience in a Challenging Market: New Data Reveals Surprising Trends. Despite the ongoing struggles in the automotive industry, a significant number of top dealership groups have managed to buck the trend and post impressive growth in new-vehicle sales for 2025. According to Automotive News, a staggering two-thirds of the top 150 dealership groups achieved this feat, with 62 of them doing so without expanding their dealership footprint. This resilience in the face of economic uncertainty raises questions about the strategies and adaptability of these successful dealerships, and what lessons can be learned from their success."
Two-thirds of the 2026 Automotive News top 150 dealership groups based on new-vehicle sales grew those sales in 2025. And 62 of 101 groups that did so accomplished this without expanding dealership ...
