Operating Company Industrial Services

Automotive Color & Supply

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Leading distributor of automotive and industrial coatings and related supplies serving customers across automotive collision repair, heavy-duty truck (HDT) repair, recreational vehicle (RV) manufacturing and repair, marine and aviation manufacturing and refurbishment, industrial and commercial paint shops, and OEM customers.

Focus Areas
Paint & Coatings Distribution, Automotive Refinish Distribution, Industrial Coatings Distribution

Tracked deals

3

3 tracked deals across 2024-2026.

Recent pace

2

2 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

3 addon

Automotive Color & Supply Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for Automotive Color & Supply. 1 2024 1 2025 ~1 est. 1 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Automotive Color & Supply, WILsquare Capital
    Target
    Ohio Paint Supply
    Industry
    Transportation
    Type
    Addon

    WILsquare Capital’s portfolio company, Automotive Color & Supply (ACS), completed its acquisition of Ohio Paint Supply (OPS), a distributor of automotive and industrial paint and supply products in Ohio. The transaction expands ACS’s Midwest geographic footprint and strengthens its position in the automotive refinishing and industrial coatings market.

  • Buyer
    Automotive Color & Supply, WILsquare Capital
    Target
    Smetzer Paint & Supply
    Seller
    Robert Bradberry
    Type
    Addon

    WILsquare Capital’s portfolio company, Automotive Color & Supply (ACS), has completed the acquisition of Smetzer Paint & Supply, a regional distributor of automotive and industrial paints based in northern Ohio. The add-on expands ACS’s Midwest footprint and service network as part of WILsquare’s strategy to build a scalable distribution platform in the automotive and industrial coatings market; terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Automotive Color & Supply, WILsquare Capital
    Target
    Paint Works
    Seller
    Chad Neal (founder/owner of Paint Works)
    Type
    Addon

    Automotive Color & Supply, a portfolio company of WILsquare Capital, has acquired Paint Works, a regional distributor of automotive and industrial paint and supplies based in Tyler, Texas. Terms were not disclosed; the deal expands ACS' footprint in the South (Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana) and ACS will continue operating Paint Works branches under the existing Paint Works brand.

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