Collision repair gross profit at AutoCanada rose 7.1% in the second quarter despite a 5.3% decline in revenue.
The Edmonton-based automotive dealership and collision repair group recorded $36.4 million in collision revenue during the three months ended June 30, down from $38.4 million during the same period of 2025.
In a press release, corporate officials wrote that the decline was primarily caused by lower paintless dent repair volumes following relatively little hailstorm activity. Revenue from recently acquired collision centres and additional conventional collision repair capacity partly offset the decline.
Collision gross profit — revenue remaining after the direct costs of providing repairs — increased to $17.7 million from $16.6 million.
Corporate officials attributed the increase to recently acquired collision centres and additional conventional collision repair capacity. A smaller proportion of lower-margin paintless dent repair work also helped lift the collision gross profit margin to 48.7% from 43.1%.
At locations included in the same-store comparison, collision revenue fell 21.1% to $30.3 million. Gross profit at those locations fell 7.6% to $15.3 million.
Three collision repair acquisitions were completed during the quarter. The acquisition of Contemporary Coachworks, which operates two Calgary collision centres, was completed June 1. Mascarin Collision Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont., followed June 9.
The acquisition of a Stratford, Ont., collision centre formerly operating as Fix Auto Stratford was completed June 29. The location now operates as ACX Stratford.
The ACX network comprised 37 collision centres across Canada as of June 30.
CEO Samuel Cochrane said executives were encouraged by “the continued resilience of our collision platform.”
