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title: "CARSTAR Ranking On Franchise Times Top 500 List"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/0e96e556-d241-496c-a03c-f5b8bdf02174
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20221108_carstar_ranking_on_franchise_times_top_500_list.html
category: "Collision"
industry: "Automotive"
segment: "Collision"
published: 2022-11-08T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:05:31.185Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1450101499163-c8848c66ca85?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# CARSTAR Ranking On Franchise Times Top 500 List

**TL;DR:** CARSTAR is ranked 85th on the Franchise Times Top 500 list, recognized as the top collision repair company in the automotive category. The ranking is based on global systemwide sales from the previous year's performance.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-11-08. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20221108_carstar_ranking_on_franchise_times_top_500_list.html).*

## Story

CARSTAR is in Franchise Times magazine’s Top 500, the most comprehensive ranking of the 500 largest U.S. franchise systems. Recognized by entrepreneurs and franchisors as a top competitive tool of measurement, the Franchise Times Top 500 placed CARSTAR 85th on the list.

CARSTAR was the top collision repair company for the overall automotive category again in 2022.

“It’s an honor to be recognized again as the premier collision repair company among automotive brands and a dynamic, growing brand among some of the biggest franchise operations in business,” said Chris Dawson, president, paint and collision for Driven Brands.

The Franchise Times Top 500 is an annual ranking of the 500 largest franchise systems in the United States by global systemwide sales, based on the previous year’s performance. In a five-month research process and building upon a database that began in 1999, our research team uses a combination of companies’ voluntary reports and publicly available data, including the franchises’ most recent franchise disclosure documents and Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Automotive (sector)
- franchise ranking (topic)
- Franchise Times (publication)
- Driven Brands (company)
- CARSTAR (company)
- collision repair (topic)
- Chris Dawson (person)
- top 500 list (topic)
- automotive category (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20221108_carstar_ranking_on_franchise_times_top_500_list.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/0e96e556-d241-496c-a03c-f5b8bdf02174).