Automotive Repair Business Consultant

Auto Repair Business Plan Consultant

Funding a second bay, new diagnostic equipment, or a second location takes a plan that holds up under lender review. As your auto repair business plan consultant, Dr. Paul does more than hand you a document. He works the numbers with you, sets pricing, labor, and bay-utilization assumptions you can defend, and shapes a lender-ready plan around the real decisions you are making, so your figures make sense to the people writing the checks.

Business Consultant (CEO Partner)

In most struggling shops, the owner is the system. The CEO Partner role means Dr. Paul steps in as a hands-on partner to fix operational chaos, document pricing and roles, and build a shop that runs whether you are under a hood or out of town for a week.

Fractional CFO/COO

Sometimes a shop needs control now, not a report later. Onsite or virtual, Dr. Paul steps in as a fractional CFO/COO to stabilize cash flow, fix labor pricing, improve bay utilization, and organize parts and scheduling, without the cost of a full-time executive.

Small Business AI Integration

Dealerships and national chains already run AI for pricing, scheduling, and customer targeting. An independent shop cannot afford to run on gut anymore. Dr. Paul integrates AI forecasting, marketing automation, and customer intelligence so a local shop matches chain efficiency without chain overhead.

A gentleman in the Phoenix metro area came to Dr. Paul before opening a new auto repair shop for cars and trucks. He had the vision. What he needed was help structuring the business so it opened on solid footing from day one. Over about four weeks, one to two hours a week on Zoom, Dr. Paul ran a competitor review and built a competitor matrix, wrote the standard operating procedures and job descriptions, and helped build a financial model covering startup costs and working capital. The owner walked away with a documented structure, defined roles, and a clear picture of the capital it would take to open and operate, before committing a dollar to the wrong things.

Sound Familiar?

Most shop owners Dr. Paul works with can fix anything on four wheels. Running the shop like a business is a different skill. If any of these hit close to home, there is a fix.

• → The bays stay full but the month still ends short. The revenue is there. The profit is not, and you cannot pinpoint where it leaks out.
• → You set your labor rate years ago and never recalculated it. You suspect it does not cover your real overhead, but you are not sure, so you keep guessing.
• → The shop only runs when you are standing in it. Take a day off and estimates stall, scheduling slips, and the work backs up behind you.

Organize

Fix Pricing, Cash Flow, and the Bays First

Most shops in trouble run on instinct: labor rates set years ago, parts ordered by feel, scheduling that bottlenecks the bays. Dr. Paul documents labor pricing, parts margins, inventory, and bay scheduling so the shop runs on data instead of memory.

Plan

Build a Plan That Funds the Next Move

A second bay, new equipment, or a second location does not get funded on a handshake. The Plan phase builds the documented business plan and financial projections, so when the lender or the opportunity shows up, the paperwork already holds up.

Grow

Executive Thinking for the Shop

A shop that gets pricing and staffing right still needs someone thinking about the next move: hiring, adding bays, acquiring a second location, or stepping back from daily work. This is where Dr. Paul steps fully into the CEO Partner role. Not just fixing what is broken. Building what comes next.

Ready to Work with an Auto Repair Business Consultant?

Shop owners who are great at the work but want control of the business side work directly with Dr. Paul. No junior consultants. No hand-offs. In person or virtual. Call or text to get started.