Driven Brands Announces Acquisition of Fix Auto USA and Auto Center Auto Body, Inc.
Driven Brands acquired Fix Auto USA and Auto Center Auto Body, Inc., adding nearly 150 collision repair locations to its Paint, Collision & Glass segment.
CARSTAR is a company in Burnaze's franchise knowledge graph, mentioned since 2016. 190 stories link here, each summarized from the original publisher. * Jacobus CARSTAR is celebrating its 50th anniversary of serving Vancouver, Washington, and the greater Clark County community [[2026-10-13 Jacobus CARSTAR Celebrates 50 Years of Serving Southwest Washington (bfcfbb)]]. * CARSTAR Precision Collision Auto Body supported Veterans Appreciation Night at the 2026 Rock the River community music festival in Cold Spring, Minnesota [[2026-09-18 CARSTAR Precision Collision Auto Body Supports Veterans Appreciation Night at Ro (5cd530)]]. * Jungerman CARSTAR celebrated lead post technician Mike Williamson's 25th anniversary with the collision repair center [[2026-04-01 Jungerman CARSTAR Celebrates Technician’s 25-Year Milestone (d5c918)]]. * CARSTAR Ma's Auto Body Burlingame and CARSTAR Ma's Auto Body San Mateo earned VinFast certification, marking the first two CARSTAR locations to achieve this certification [[2025-11-10 CARSTAR Ma's Auto Body Burlingame and CARSTAR Ma's Auto Body San Mateo Earn VinF (64fc89)]]. * Jason Zander of the Zander Group was named CARSTAR's 2025 Franchisee of the Year at the Ascend 2025 Conference [[2025-10-29 Jason Zander of the Zander Group Named CARSTAR’s 2025 Franchisee of the Year (5e0906)]]. * CARSTAR Rapid City was named "Favorite Auto Body Repair" in the 2025 Best of the Black Hills awards, voted on by local residents [[2025-10-01 CARSTAR Rapid City Voted “Favorite Auto Body Repair” in 2025 Best of the Black H (6987e2)]]. * CARSTAR MacArthur Collision opened a new location in New York, bringing over 25 years of industry experience [[2025-09-10 CARSTAR MacArthur Collision Opens in New York (2e8996)]]. * The CARSTAR Chicago Business Group sponsored the 8th Annual Fairways for Airways charity golf outing, raising over $24,000 for cystic fibrosis research [[2025-08-19 CARSTAR Chicago Business Group Tees Up Support for Cystic Fibrosis at 8th Annual (302a7a)]]. Filed under Automotive / Collision.
Driven Brands acquired Fix Auto USA and Auto Center Auto Body, Inc., adding nearly 150 collision repair locations to its Paint, Collision & Glass segment.
CARSTAR salutes women on its corporate team guiding 700 locations.
CARSTAR offers tips to ensure car insurance policies are aligned with new vehicle technology and repair processes.
Today, nearly two of every five franchised dealerships operate collision repair centers, the National Automobile Dealers Association reports.
CARSTAR's proprietary EDGE Performance Group kicked off 2020 with a national meeting in Atlanta for franchise partners, store managers, and corporate team members.
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CARSTAR continued its expansion of auto dealership-based collision repair facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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CARSTAR ranked among the top 100 in Franchise Times magazine’s Top 200, moving up four positions to 99th among U.S. franchise systems.
CARSTAR's EDGE Performance Group continues to drive performance improvements across the CARSTAR network through national repair processes and training.

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