VIVE Collision
The Firm
VIVE Collision describes itself as a leading multi-site operator in the collision repair industry, founded in 2021 by a group of industry professionals. Its founder was chief operations officer at H&V Collision from 1994 to 2018 and then a regional vice president at a national MSO. No capital partner is named on its site, and no head office either: each release is datelined from the town of the shop it bought.
It buys single shops and small groups and counts locations in the headline. Joe DiIorio Auto Body in Homestead, Pennsylvania was its 80th in September 2026, and Cherry Collision's three southern New Jersey facilities took it to 75 in March 2026. Before those came an electric-vehicle specialist in New Castle, Delaware in August 2025, and three shops in one February 2025 release with individual join dates in the body.
A body shop owner in the Northeast is bidding against a buyer adding a location a month. Brands go: acquired shops are renamed VIVE Collision of the town or carried as the old name powered by VIVE, so the seller's sign comes down or gets a suffix. The releases lead with square footage, bay count and OEM certifications, which says what this buyer prices.
What It Buys
No head office on its own pages; each release is datelined from the shop it just bought. A collision repair multi-site operator adding roughly one shop a month across the Northeast and publishing the running count in every headline.
Selling to them one day, or watching them as the other bidder? Track them in the Contact Book so the relationship has a next-touch date.
Confirmed Deals
2 deals traced to announcements by VIVE Collision, 2025 to 2026, 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 DiIorio Auto Body · September 2, 2026
A Homestead, Pennsylvania shop whose addition marks the operator's 80th location, expanding its Pennsylvania presence.
- Evolve: Electric Vehicle Specialists · August 13, 2025
A New Castle, Delaware electric-vehicle specialist built in 2022, with 25 repair bays for battery and structural work.