Melton Advisors | South Carolina

Melton Advisors is a specialized M&A and buy-sell advisory firm representing dealership owners across South Carolina and multiple dealership sectors nationwide. We advise principals in automotive, heavy truck, RV, marine, powersports, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, and specialty dealership operations on ownership transitions, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and strategic exits.

Consolidation across dealership-driven industries continues to accelerate throughout the Southeast. Public retailers, large private groups, manufacturer-aligned consolidators, and institutional-backed platforms are actively expanding across South Carolina — from Charleston and Columbia to Greenville, Spartanburg, and Myrtle Beach.

In today’s environment, valuation outcomes are shaped by preparation, positioning, capital structure, OEM alignment, and buyer credibility.

Our role is to ensure dealership owners control the process — not react to it.

We combine South Carolina market familiarity with national relationships across qualified strategic buyers and capital sources. We represent ownership interests exclusively, delivering disciplined, confidential execution focused on value maximization, leverage creation, and certainty of close.

What We Do for South Carolina Dealership Owners

Sell-Side M&A & Buy-Sell Advisory

We lead structured dealership sale processes designed to maximize enterprise value and protect confidentiality across all dealership verticals, including automotive and equipment platforms. Our process includes:

• Enterprise valuation and strategic positioning

• Transaction readiness and timing analysis

• OEM and facility alignment review

• Curated outreach to strategic and financial buyers

• Competitive process management

• Negotiation, due diligence oversight, and closing coordination

Prepared sellers create competitive tension. Competitive tension drives stronger outcomes.

Acquisition Advisory

For dealership groups pursuing strategic expansion within South Carolina or into surrounding states, we provide disciplined acquisition advisory including target identification, valuation review, structured negotiation, and transaction execution support.

Growth initiatives are evaluated within the context of capital capacity, OEM relationships, geographic density, and long-term portfolio objectives.

A Strategic Partner in a Consolidating Market

South Carolina’s dealership landscape — particularly across automotive, heavy truck, and agricultural equipment sectors — continues to evolve as consolidation intensifies and buyer sophistication increases. Capital remains active, but increasingly selective.

Owners who plan proactively preserve leverage. Owners who delay often compromise it.

Melton Advisors works with dealership principals well before a transaction to evaluate timing, positioning, and strategic alternatives. Whether preparing for a near-term sale or evaluating a long-term exit strategy, we provide clarity, discretion, and disciplined execution.

In South Carolina’s dealership market, informed preparation is not optional — it is strategic.