# Boyd Group Services

Winnipeg, Manitoba. Collision repair centers bought across North America by the largest non-franchised operator of them, trading in the US as Gerber Collision & Glass: a body-shop searcher's rival bidder and likeliest exit.

- Website: https://boydgroup.com

## The Firm

Boyd Group Services Inc. describes itself as one of the largest operators of non-franchised collision repair centers in North America, measured by both number of locations and sales. It runs its Canadian shops as Boyd Autobody & Glass and Assured Automotive, and its United States shops as Gerber Collision & Glass. It is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as BYD and on the New York Stock Exchange as BGSI.

Beyond collision repair it is a major retail auto glass operator in the US, trading as Gerber Collision & Glass, Glass America, Auto Glass Service, Auto Glass Authority and Autoglassonly.com. It also runs a third-party administrator, Gerber National Claims Services, offering glass, emergency roadside and first-notice-of-loss services.

It asks sellers to carry paper and says so in its own filings. It supplements its debt financing by negotiating with sellers in certain acquisitions to provide financing in the form of term notes. It describes those as typically at favorable interest rates, for terms of one to 15 years, and as a way of supporting growth at relatively low cost. The size of it is in the purchase-consideration table rather than in any announcement. Across the acquisitions in the first nine months of 2025, total consideration was $67.4 million, of which $62.7 million was cash and $4.6 million was seller notes, so about seven cents in every dollar went home as paper. Two new seller notes were signed in that period, against fourteen outstanding at the end of 2024.

It also builds rather than only buying, which is the fact with the most negotiating value in it. Boyd added 70 collision locations across 2025 and 27 of those were start-ups rather than acquisitions, alongside four small multi-shop operator acquisitions. A buyer who can open a shop two streets away is a buyer whose first offer is not the only number in the room. What happens after it buys is visible on its largest deal. Joe Hudson's Collision Center, bought for approximately $1.3 billion and closed in January 2026 with 258 locations across the US Southeast, had about 114 of them, or 44 percent, converted to Boyd's systems and branding within roughly two months.

## Confirmed Deals

Deals traced to announcements, newest first. Firms that announce every deal show a fuller run here than firms that report acquisitions as quarterly counts, so read this as the evidence that clears the bar rather than as the firm's whole record.

- Joe Hudson's Collision Center (closing) (2026-01-07): Regulatory clearance satisfied, with the company setting closing for January 9, 2026. Source: https://boydgroup.com/news/boyd-group-services-inc-news/2026/boyd-group-services-inc-announces-regulatory-approval-of-the-joe-hudsons-collision-center-acquisition-closing-expected-on-january-9-2026/
- Joe Hudson's Collision Center (2025-10-29): Collision repair group of 258 locations across the US Southeast, bought from TSG Consumer Partners. Source: https://boydgroup.com/news/boyd-group-services-inc-news/2025/boyd-group-services-inc-to-acquire-joe-hudsons-collision-center-a-leading-player-in-the-u-s-southeast-collision-repair-industry/

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