CARSTAR Celebrates 30 Years in Business

Jan. 24, 2019
CARSTAR is celebrating its 30 years of business, and the company says it has plans to accelerate its growth.

Jan. 24, 2019—CARSTAR is celebrating its 30 years of business, and the company says it has plans to only accelerate its rapid growth.

The collision repair company plans to honor the occasion with new initiatives throughout the year that give back to the communities it serves. CARSTAR was founded in 1989 by Lirel Holt on the belief that a network of high-quality collision repair facilities would benefit customers. In 1994 the business expanded to Canada with master franchisee Sam Mercanti. 

The company has repaired a total of over 6 million vehicles, employed more than 8,000 people across the U.S. and Canada, opened its 600 location in 2018 and upholding a customer service NPS score of 80 percent across the continent.

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