Financial model for a car dealership illustrating a 10-year forecast.

Car Dealer, Car Services, Financial Model, Retail, Service Businesses

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A car dealership, or car dealer, is a business that sells new or used cars, at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or its sales subsidiary. Car dealerships also often provide automotive maintenance services.

This Financial Model presents a business scenario of a startup or operating Car Dealership and is a flexible tool for owners to calculate operating activities and analyze business profitability.

The model includes assumptions of Starting Expenses (in the case of a startup dealership), Customers (Walk-in Visitors, Online Customers, Close Rates, etc.), Starting Car Fleet purchases, Revenue from New and Used Cars Sales, Service Department Assumptions, Payroll, Operating Expenses, Fixed Assets & Depreciation, Financing through Debt & Equity, and Exit Valuation in case of a potential sale of the business.

The model is dynamic and allows users to select the desired forecasted Years (1 to 10). Output Reports & Charts are dynamically updated based on the selected forecast period. The template structure follows Financial Modeling Best Practices principles and is fully customizable.

Detailed instructions for the functionality of the model are included in the Excel file.

Monthly Output Reports:
• Monthly Budget and Actual Reports
• Monthly Profit & Loss Statement Summary per Year
• Budget vs. Actual Variance Analysis at a YTD and Monthly level

Forecast Output Reports:
• Annual Financial Statements (3 Statement model)
• Break-Even Analysis
• Financial Ratios, including several Profitability, Efficiency, Liquidity, and Leverage (Solvency) Ratios
• Performance Dashboard
• Business Valuation, including DCF Model, Return Metrics (NPV, EV, IRR, MOIC, ROI, etc.), and Sensitivity Analysis
• Investor Distributions & Returns Waterfall Model
• Executive Summary

The Model is available in 2 Versions (Standard and Premium)

Standard Version Includes:
• All Input Reports
• Monthly Budget and Actual Reports
• Monthly Profit & Loss Statement Summary per Year
• Annual Financial Statements (3 Statement model)
• Financial Ratios
• Performance Dashboard

Premium Version includes all features of the Standard Version plus:
• Budget vs. Actual Variance Analysis
• Break-even Analysis
• Business Valuation, including DCF Model, Return Metrics (NPV, EV, IRR, MOIC, ROI, etc.), and Sensitivity Analysis
• Investor Distributions & Returns Waterfall Model
• Executive Summary

A PDF Free Demo of the Premium Version is provided if you wish to view all model worksheets before your purchase.

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Reviews

Best model for this price

By Javid Hasanzade on July 26, 2025 at 12:52 (Verified Purchase)

I’ve been doing business for more than 15 years and used to build the models by myself, however this time I purchased Premium Version to save time, and it’s worth it. Highly recommend.

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