Driving the news: Louisiana-based All Star Automotive Group has sold its 15 franchises in Baton Rouge to Hudson Automotive Group in what marks the second-largest transaction of 2025 by franchise count and one of the highest-value deals in Louisiana history, according to sell-side advisors Kerrigan Advisors.
For context: Founded in 1987 by Matt McKay, All Star Automotive Group grew from a single store to the Baton Rouge area's leading dealership group, representing Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, Chevrolet, Ford, Kia, CDJR, Genesis, Volvo, and Lincoln.
“To be able to enter a high growth Southeast market like Baton Rouge with turn-key dealerships representing some of the industry’s strongest brands and a legacy like All Star is rare.”
— David Hudson, CEO of Hudson Automotive Group.
Bottom line: Hudson Automotive (the 12th largest dealership group in the U.S.) is now one of Louisiana's leading dealership groups, adding 700 employees and highly sought-after franchises in a market with strong fundamentals.
Kerrigan Advisors is the leading sell-side advisor and thought partner to auto dealers nationwide. Since its founding in 2014, the firm has led the industry with the sale of more than 300 dealerships generating more than $9.5 billion in client proceeds, including two of the largest transactions in auto retail history – the sale of Jim Koons Automotive Companies to Asbury Automotive Group and Leith Automotive to Holman. The firm advises the industry’s leading dealership groups, enhancing value through the lifecycle of growing, operating and, when the time is right, selling their businesses. Led by a team of veteran industry experts with backgrounds in investment banking, private equity, accounting, finance and real estate, Kerrigan Advisors is the only firm in auto retail exclusively dedicated to sell-side advisory, providing its clients the assurance of a conflict-free approach.
Kerrigan Advisors monitors conditions in the buy/sell market and publishes an in-depth analysis each quarter in The Blue Sky Report®, the industry authority on dealership buy/sell market trends and valuations and includes Kerrigan Advisors’ signature blue sky charts, multiples and analysis for each franchise in the luxury and non-luxury segments. To download a preview of the report, click here. The firm also releases The Kerrigan Index™ comprised of the seven publicly traded auto retail companies with operations focused on the US market. The Kerrigan Auto Retail Index is designed to track dealership valuation trends, while also providing key insights into factors influencing auto retail. To access The Kerrigan Index™, click here. To read the 2024 Kerrigan Dealer Survey, click here. To read the 2025 Kerrigan OEM Survey, click here. Kerrigan Advisors also is the co-author of NADA’s Guide to Buying and Selling a Dealership.
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