Best Car Dealership Groups, Ranked by CarEdge Data

This is the CarEdge Dealer Transparency Index ranking of car dealership groups: the companies that own many dealerships, from national chains like AutoNation and Lithia to regional groups. Each group’s grade rolls up its stores’ verified out-the-door quotes, not star ratings. CarEdge grades 658 groups; the 160 below each have at least 5 stores with four or more verified quotes.

Last updated October 27, 2026. CarEdge refreshes these rankings daily as new verified out-the-door quotes come in.

The Best Car Dealership Groups

The best car dealership group by verified out-the-door price data is The Premier Collection: grade A (100/100) across 7 graded stores and 51 verified quotes.

Close behind:

2. Pearson Signature Dealerships, grade A (100/100) across 6 graded stores and 34 verified quotes.
3. Passport Auto Group, grade A (99/100) across 7 graded stores and 96 verified quotes.

Among the largest groups, Asbury Automotive Group ranks highest: grade A (93/100) across 134 graded stores and 1,383 verified quotes.

The Largest Dealership Groups Compared

The 10 groups with the most graded stores, side by side. Click a group for every store and its grade.

Group	Grade	Score	Graded Stores	States	Avg Doc Fee	Add-on Rate
Lithia Motors	B	85	276	26	$475	31%
AutoNation	B	89	258	20	$540	28%
Asbury Automotive Group	A	93	134	15	$637	17%
Group 1 Automotive	A	92	124	17	$480	21%
Penske Automotive Group	B	89	119	21	$479	26%
Sonic Automotive	B	88	104	17	$430	36%
Berkshire Hathaway Automotive	A	91	99	10	$447	34%
Morgan Auto Group	B	80	69	1	$1,294	24%
Ed Napleton Automotive Group	A	91	63	7	$436	15%
Ken Garff Automotive Group	B	89	59	9	$370	33%

Top 10 Dealership Groups

Ranked by CarEdge transparency score, highest to lowest.

#1 — The Premier Collection

Grade: A · Score: 100/100 · 7 graded stores in 2 states

The Premier Collection earns grade A (100/100) across 7 graded stores and 51 verified quotes. Its stores average a $175 doc fee, with no dealer add-ons in verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Palisades Mazda in Nyack, NY (100/100).

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#2 — Pearson Signature Dealerships

Grade: A · Score: 100/100 · 6 graded stores in 1 state

Pearson Signature Dealerships earns grade A (100/100) across 6 graded stores and 34 verified quotes. Its stores average a $749 doc fee, with dealer add-ons on 2% of verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Pearson Honda in Midlothian, VA (100/100).

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#3 — Passport Auto Group

Grade: A · Score: 99/100 · 7 graded stores in 2 states · 1 CarEdge Certified

Passport Auto Group earns grade A (99/100) across 7 graded stores and 96 verified quotes. Its stores average an $828 doc fee, with no dealer add-ons in verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Passport Mazda in Camp Springs, MD (100/100).

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#4 — The Gerald Auto Group

Grade: A · Score: 99/100 · 14 graded stores in 1 state

The Gerald Auto Group earns grade A (99/100) across 14 graded stores and 96 verified quotes. Its stores average a $389 doc fee, with dealer add-ons on 2% of verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Gerald Hyundai in North Aurora, IL (100/100).

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#5 — Schomp Automotive Group

Grade: A · Score: 99/100 · 12 graded stores in 3 states

Schomp Automotive Group earns grade A (99/100) across 12 graded stores and 76 verified quotes. Its stores average a $256 doc fee, with dealer add-ons on 2% of verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Schomp Ford in Denver, CO (100/100).

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#6 — Ourisman Automotive Group

Grade: A · Score: 98/100 · 20 graded stores in 2 states · 1 CarEdge Certified

Ourisman Automotive Group earns grade A (98/100) across 20 graded stores and 332 verified quotes. Its stores average an $855 doc fee, with dealer add-ons on 4% of verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Ourisman Kia Of Bethesda in Chevy Chase, MD (100/100).

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#7 — Fields Auto Group

Grade: A · Score: 98/100 · 31 graded stores in 5 states

Fields Auto Group earns grade A (98/100) across 31 graded stores and 117 verified quotes. Its stores average a $687 doc fee, with dealer add-ons on 2% of verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Fields Volvo Cars Northfield in Northfield, IL (100/100).

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#8 — Huffines Auto Dealerships

Grade: A · Score: 98/100 · 10 graded stores in 1 state

Huffines Auto Dealerships earns grade A (98/100) across 10 graded stores and 106 verified quotes. Its stores average a $249 doc fee, with no dealer add-ons in verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Genesis Of Plano in Plano, TX (100/100).

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#9 — Faulkner Automotive Group

Grade: A · Score: 97/100 · 20 graded stores in 1 state

Faulkner Automotive Group earns grade A (97/100) across 20 graded stores and 143 verified quotes. Its stores average a $489 doc fee, with dealer add-ons on 9% of verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Faulkner Cadillac Mechanicsburg in Mechanicsburg, PA (100/100).

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#10 — Patterson Autos

Grade: A · Score: 97/100 · 5 graded stores in 1 state · 3 CarEdge Certified

Patterson Autos earns grade A (97/100) across 5 graded stores and 117 verified quotes. Its stores average an $85 doc fee, with dealer add-ons on 1% of verified quotes. Its highest-graded store is Tustin Mazda in Tustin, CA (99/100).

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How CarEdge Ranks Dealership Groups

CarEdge grades each store on verified out-the-door quotes: real PDFs, emails and screenshots from shoppers. Each store’s transparency score weights Fee Transparency (30%), Add-on Behavior (30%), Price Accuracy (30%) and Data Quality (10%). A group’s score rolls up its graded stores, and its grade follows the same bands: A (90–100), B (80–89), C (70–79), D (60–69), F (below 60). Doc fees partly reflect state rules, so a group concentrated in low-fee states will show a lower average.

All 160 Ranked Dealership Groups

#	Group	Grade	Score	Graded Stores	States	Avg Doc Fee	Add-on Rate
1	The Premier Collection	A	100	7	2	$175	0%
2	Pearson Signature Dealerships	A	100	6	1	$749	2%
3	Passport Auto Group	A	99	7	2	$828	0%
4	The Gerald Auto Group	A	99	14	1	$389	2%
5	Schomp Automotive Group	A	99	12	3	$256	2%
6	Ourisman Automotive Group	A	98	20	2	$855	4%
7	Fields Auto Group	A	98	31	5	$687	2%
8	Huffines Auto Dealerships	A	98	10	1	$249	0%
9	Faulkner Automotive Group	A	97	20	1	$489	9%
10	Patterson Autos	A	97	5	1	$85	1%
11	Ciocca Dealerships	A	97	33	3	$575	1%
12	Sierra Auto Group	A	97	8	2	$85	5%
13	West-Herr Automotive Group	A	97	24	1	$175	0%
14	Rairdon Automotive Group	A	97	12	1	$200	10%
15	Castle Automotive Group	A	96	15	2	$361	10%
16	Boucher Group	A	96	20	1	$499	3%
17	LAcarGuy Dealership Group	A	96	11	1	$85	13%
18	McCombs Automotive	A	96	7	1	$225	6%
19	CZ Group	A	96	6	1	$782	8%
20	Great Lakes Auto Group	A	96	6	4	$421	14%
21	Carter Myers Automotive	A	96	17	4	$839	14%
22	Sheehy Auto Stores	A	95	28	2	$912	8%
23	Mileone Autogroup	A	95	45	6	$762	3%
24	Mullinax Ford	A	95	10	3	—	2%
25	Mcgovern Automotive Group	A	95	25	4	$532	16%
26	Gilchrist Automotive	A	95	16	2	$298	22%
27	Executive Auto Group	A	95	10	1	$659	20%
28	Jim Shorkey Auto Group	A	95	14	3	$566	1%
29	Island Auto Group	A	95	11	2	$237	17%
30	Joseph Auto Group	A	95	13	2	$397	5%
31	J.C. Lewis Motor Company	A	95	6	1	$889	0%
32	Ourisman Auto Group	A	94	14	4	$831	4%
33	Safford Automotive Group	A	94	20	2	$968	1%
34	World Car Auto Group	A	94	7	1	$225	26%
35	Nucar Automotive Group	A	94	19	6	$586	9%
36	Fletcher Jones California	A	94	11	2	$250	7%
37	Chicagoland Auto Group	A	94	7	1	$386	7%
38	Asbury Automotive Group	A	93	134	15	$637	17%
39	David Wilson Automotive Group	A	93	15	3	$195	8%
40	Swickard Auto Group	A	93	32	5	$169	15%
41	Hiley Automotive Group	A	93	13	2	$336	25%
42	Piazza Auto Group	A	93	22	3	$520	17%
43	Fitzgerald Auto Malls	A	93	19	3	$810	2%
44	Fox Motors	A	93	25	1	$280	26%
45	Ourisman Automotive of Virginia	A	93	9	1	$999	0%
46	Hoffman Auto Group	A	93	10	2	$814	13%
47	Group 1 Automotive	A	92	124	17	$480	21%
48	Holman Automotive Group	A	92	48	9	$661	33%
49	Luther Automotive Group	A	92	33	7	$351	14%
50	Jim Ellis Automotive Group	A	92	22	1	$756	24%
51	Pohanka Automotive Group	A	92	15	3	$853	4%
52	Ken Ganley Automotive Group	A	92	26	4	$483	17%
53	Butler Auto Group	A	92	13	3	$739	16%
54	Superior Automotive Group	A	92	11	4	$375	4%
55	Berkshire Hathaway Automotive	A	91	99	10	$447	34%
56	Ed Napleton Automotive Group	A	91	63	7	$436	15%
57	Zeigler Auto Group	A	91	27	4	$335	18%
58	Stivers Automotive	A	91	9	6	$628	13%
59	Crown Automotive Group	A	91	13	3	$1,096	10%
60	Morrie’s Automotive Group	A	91	20	5	$340	21%
61	Southern Maryland Auto Group	A	91	11	1	$799	21%
62	McCarthy Auto Group	A	91	9	2	$673	10%
63	Gates Auto Family	A	91	9	3	$634	20%
64	Findlay Automotive Group	A	90	33	5	$460	34%
65	Gee Automotive Cos.	A	90	35	5	$218	16%
66	Sewell Automotive Companies	A	90	21	1	$225	18%
67	Johnson Automotive	A	90	9	3	$888	31%
68	Kahlig Auto Group	A	90	15	1	$243	37%
69	Phil Smith Automotive Group	A	90	11	2	$984	18%
70	Walser Automotive Group	A	90	23	2	$431	37%
71	Andy Mohr Automotive	A	90	12	2	$290	42%
72	Shelly Automotive Group	A	90	6	1	$85	10%
73	O’Brien Auto Group	A	90	12	2	$204	33%
74	Open Road Auto Group	A	90	13	2	$936	8%
75	Young Automotive Group	A	90	18	3	$417	37%
76	Bommarito Automotive Group	A	90	8	1	$619	0%
77	AutoNation	B	89	258	20	$540	28%
78	Penske Automotive Group	B	89	119	21	$479	26%
79	Hudson Auto Group	B	89	52	7	$754	13%
80	Ken Garff Automotive Group	B	89	59	9	$370	33%
81	Germain Automotive Group	B	89	25	6	$500	19%
82	Murgado Automotive Group	B	89	25	5	$703	13%
83	Cavender Auto Family	B	89	14	2	$346	38%
84	Muller Auto Group	B	89	6	2	$353	21%
85	Carlock Automotive Group	B	89	11	5	$735	14%
86	Sonic Automotive	B	88	104	17	$430	36%
87	Keating Auto Group	B	88	24	2	$216	31%
88	Kendall Auto Group	B	88	35	5	$309	38%
89	Serra Automotive	B	88	36	8	$399	19%
90	Kunes Auto Group	B	88	25	4	$437	16%
91	Gunn Automotive Group	B	88	7	1	$225	27%
92	Balise Motor Sales	B	88	17	3	$724	8%
93	Ferman Automotive Group	B	88	11	1	$1,263	7%
94	Hanania Automotive Group	B	88	12	2	$1,052	14%
95	Dream Motor Group	B	88	7	5	$766	21%
96	Anderson Automotive Group	B	87	18	3	$694	44%
97	Tasca Automotive Group	B	87	30	9	$475	13%
98	Key Auto Group	B	87	17	6	$843	8%
99	Holler Classic Automotive Group	B	87	17	2	$961	4%
100	Ron Marhofer Auto Family	B	87	6	1	$438	51%
101	Russ Darrow Group	B	87	11	1	$499	33%
102	LaFontaine Automotive Group	B	87	25	1	$270	17%
103	Brandon Steven Motors	B	87	11	2	$285	16%
104	Bakhtiari Auto Group	B	87	7	1	$85	29%
105	Grieco Automotive Group	B	87	13	5	$763	18%
106	Greenway Automotive	B	86	27	7	$664	30%
107	Krause Auto Group	B	86	25	5	$898	22%
108	Mac Haik Auto Group	B	86	17	2	$268	16%
109	Gettel Automotive	B	86	15	1	$1,299	18%
110	Jeff Wyler Automotive Family	B	86	25	3	$430	22%
111	RML Automotive	B	86	24	7	$502	32%
112	New Country Motor Car Group	B	86	23	6	$722	3%
113	Corwin Automotive Group	B	86	18	9	$517	28%
114	Bob Loquercio Auto Group	B	86	12	2	$363	37%
115	Lithia Motors	B	85	276	26	$475	31%
116	Norm Reeves Auto Group	B	85	13	3	$224	27%
117	California Car Online	B	85	16	1	$85	22%
118	Bob Rohrman Auto Group	B	85	18	3	$299	23%
119	Van Horn Automotive Group	B	85	14	4	$421	40%
120	Feldman Automotive Group	B	85	11	3	$303	41%
121	Preston Auto Group	B	85	8	2	$509	3%
122	DARCARS Automotive Group	B	84	11	6	$853	23%
123	Flow Automotive	B	83	32	2	$799	30%
124	Chapman Automotive Group	B	83	30	4	$543	37%
125	Fred Beans Automotive Group	B	83	29	2	$498	79%
126	Jenkins Auto Group	B	83	21	1	$1,199	23%
127	Keffer Auto Group	B	83	11	2	$846	24%
128	Georgica Auto Holdings	B	83	14	4	$569	44%
129	Ed Morse Automotive Group	B	82	31	8	$653	30%
130	Cardinale Automotive Group	B	82	24	3	$216	41%
131	Oremor Automotive Group	B	81	19	2	$104	18%
132	Premier Automotive	B	81	23	9	$383	16%
133	Phil Long Dealerships	B	81	13	2	$679	28%
134	Ed Voyles Automotive Group	B	81	8	2	$898	34%
135	Morgan Auto Group	B	80	69	1	$1,294	24%
136	Envision Motors	B	80	12	1	$93	68%
137	Kenwood Dealer Group	C	79	14	1	$428	25%
138	Berge Auto Group	C	79	7	1	$849	54%
139	Capital Automotive Group	C	78	30	2	$837	48%
140	Zt Motors Group	C	78	16	4	$912	40%
141	Nouri/shaver Automotive Group	C	78	13	2	$95	48%
142	Blasius Auto Group	C	78	7	1	$997	62%
143	Folsom Auto Mall	C	78	8	1	$85	50%
144	Puente Hills Auto Center	C	77	10	1	$85	31%
145	HGreg	C	77	8	3	$832	33%
146	Shottenkirk Automotive Group	C	76	21	7	$531	71%
147	Price Family Dealerships	C	76	13	1	$85	34%
148	Alm Cars	C	76	10	2	$995	27%
149	Ancira Enterprises	C	76	13	1	$221	59%
150	Courtesy Automotive Group	C	76	7	2	$769	61%
151	Dolan Auto Group	C	76	7	1	$727	72%
152	Southern Auto Group	C	75	13	2	$945	65%
153	Mills Automotive Group	C	74	28	7	$720	77%
154	Del Grande Dealer Group	C	73	17	1	$141	32%
155	Niello Company	C	72	9	1	$85	38%
156	McDonald Auto Group	C	72	12	1	$801	39%
157	Fiesta Auto Group	C	70	12	2	$362	35%
158	Clay Cooley Auto Group	D	68	17	1	$243	37%
159	Baxter Auto Group	D	65	16	4	$454	1%
160	Indigo Auto Group	D	65	21	5	$148	58%

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Rankings are generated from the CarEdge Dealer Transparency Index, a public methodology that scores dealers on verified out-the-door quotes, not Google star ratings or paid placements. CarEdge refreshes the rankings daily as new verified quotes come in.