Established Collision Repair Business, 38-Year Illinois Shop with Real Estate

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This is a collision repair shop in Illinois operating since 1986, running out of a roughly 15,710 square foot facility on about 1.5 acres along a major commercial corridor. The business handles collision repair, auto glass, paintless dent repair, and ADAS calibration in-house, which matters because newer vehicles loaded with sensors and cameras require specialized recalibration that many shops still outsource. Revenue has moved in the right direction, from roughly $1.7M in 2024 to $1.95M in 2025 and over $2.3M year to date through September 2026.

The economic engine here is insurance-driven work. The shop sits on multiple established insurance referral programs, plus relationships with local dealerships and municipal fleet accounts, which produces a steady, somewhat recession-resistant stream of repair volume. Collision work is largely non-discretionary: when a car gets hit, it gets fixed, and in most cases insurance pays. That is a far more durable demand profile than a typical retail or discretionary services business.

The asking price of $3.3M includes $1.9M of real estate and $450k of inventory, meaning the operating business is being priced at roughly $950k against $500k of cash flow and $300k of EBITDA. The owner already runs this at arm's length with a general manager and a 10-person I-CAR trained team handling production, which makes this attractive to an owner-operator, an existing collision group rolling up locations, or a buyer who wants to own the dirt and the operation together.