M&A Deal Summary

Openlane Acquires Flint Auto Auction

On November 15, 2016, Openlane acquired business services company Flint Auto Auction

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Openlane’s 3rd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is Openlane’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Openlane’s 1st transaction in Michigan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-11-15
Target Flint Auto Auction
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) Openlane
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Flint Auto Auction

Flint, Michigan, United States
Flint Auto Auction, Inc. is a whole car auction facility in Flint, Michigan US.

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Buyer

Openlane

Carmel, Indiana, United States

Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Business Services
Employees4,080
Revenue 1.8B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Openlane provides sellers and buyers across the global wholesale used-vehicle industry with innovative, technology-driven remarketing solutions. Openlane’s unique end-to-end platform supports whole car, financing, logistics, and other ancillary and related services. Its integrated physical, online and mobile marketplaces reduce risk, improve transparency, and streamline transactions for customers in more than 80 countries. Openlane was formed in 2006 and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 17
Sector: Business Services M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 13
State: Michigan M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 6 of 12
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-06-01 GRS Remarketing

Chester, United Kingdom

GRS Remarketing Ltd. is a successful online vehicle remarketing business in the UK through robust technology, effective sales and operations, a healthy buyer network and strong relationships with commercial customers.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-04-19 CarCo Technologies

Chicago, Illinois, United States

CarCo Technologies, Inc. (dba Drivin) is a provider of data-driven tools and decision-support among wholesale used-vehicle sellers and buyers. CarCo Technologies was founded in 2014 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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