Digital Dealer featured several key insights from our Q3 2025 Haig Report®, highlighting the strength and resilience of the dealership market. The article referenced our findings that 149 dealerships traded hands in Q3, matching last year’s pace and signaling a clear rebound from the uncertainty earlier in the year. It also noted our forecast of approximately 450 rooftops likely to sell in 2025, along with the continued optimism we are hearing from dealers despite tariffs and uneven brand performance.

The coverage also underscored the profitability and valuation trends outlined in the report. Public dealers saw pre-tax profits rise 13 percent year over year, driven by strong fixed operations and F&I results, keeping earnings at roughly twice pre-pandemic levels. Digital Dealer highlighted our estimate of the average blue sky value reaching $22.4 million in Q3, along with movement in brand-specific multiples, including strength at Lexus and wider ranges at Porsche. The article reinforced that both buyers and sellers are reengaging in a rational market where strategy is guiding the next wave of transactions.

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