The Romans Group estimates that by 2021, the Big Four consolidators, ABRA, Boyd Group, Caliber and Service King, could represent nearly a quarter of the collision repair market. The result is detailed in a summary of its Advancing Our Insights into the 2016 Collision Repair Marketplace report released to the media.
According to the report, consolidation within the collision repair industry is slowing among the four largest multiple‐location consolidators. The consolidators have altered their market development and growth strategies from primarily acquiring large multiple‐location operators, MLOs, as a quick way to enter new markets and shore up and expand existing first‐tier markets. Their network development strategy now includes a combination of continued aggressive organic growth and selectively building out and expanding existing markets to include “cluster and tuck ins” which are based more on single‐location acquisitions, brownfields, and greenfields.