Best Auto Retail & Aftersales Companies in Tennessee, United States
The 81 best Auto Retail & Aftersales companies in Tennessee, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Rough Country.
Ranked: Best Auto Retail & Aftersales companies in Tennessee
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rough Country Online retailers of automotive parts | $389M | 108 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1996 | ContentfulTypeScriptGraphQL+25 | — |
| 2 | Yoshi Solutions for mobile vehicle inspection and maintenance 45Funding top 28%Talent top 38%Tech top 44%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 38% Techtop 44% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 39% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 33% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $90.7M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 10 yrs (0.6/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $91M | 26 mo ago | Series C | Daniel Hunter Co-Founder | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityNode.jsReact+19 | — |
| 3 | Washtopia Operator of facilities providing vehicle cleaning and detailing services to customers | $750K | 85 mo ago | Seed | Jason Vandermark President & CEO | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+26 | — |
| 4 | DriveOn Online platform connecting car enthusiasts to share each other's cars | $400K | 116 mo ago | Deadpooled | Steven Frisch Co-Founder & Co- CEO | 2016 | — | — |
| 5 | Highline Warren Distributor of automotive chemicals, lubricants, and other materials | — | 87 mo ago | Acquired | Darcy Curran CEO | 1922 | QuillVimeolit-html+14 | — |
| 6 | AutoZone Retailer of automotive replacement parts and accessories | — | 138 mo ago | Public | Pitt Hyde Founder | 1979 | Apple iCloud MailTypeScriptJava+28 | — |
| 7 | A & L RV Sales Dealership offering new and used RVs for sale | — | — | Unfunded | Andy Stover Owner | 2005 | BootstrapNginxTVSquared+14 | — |
| 8 | Action Nissan Provider of car dealership services | — | — | Acquired | — | 2001 | — | — |
Top 6 Auto Retail & Aftersales companies in Tennessee
#1
Series C · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2015 · 40 employees$90.7Mraised▾
Solutions for mobile vehicle inspection and maintenance. It provides virtual regulatory vehicle inspections, preventative maintenance, and electric vehicle charging services to fleet operators and commercial vehicle drivers. The solutions aim to reduce downtime, operational costs, and environmental impact. With a focus on fleet management, it is positioned to transform the automotive industry through its mobile services.
- Apr 2024Series C$26M
- Jul 2023Series B$25.7M
- Feb 2022Series B—
- Dec 2020Series B$23M
#2
Acquired · Dyersburg, Tennessee · founded 1996 · 275 employees$389Mraised▾
Online retailers of automotive parts
- May 2017Conventional Debt$235M
- 2015Conventional Debt$154M
#3
Seed · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2016 · 10 employees$750Kraised▾
Operator of facilities providing vehicle cleaning and detailing services to customers. The company offers various wash packages and a membership program for frequent users. Additional services include options for fundraising and community support initiatives. They also provide retail merchandise and gift cards for purchase.
- May 2019Seed$750K
#4
Deadpooled · Nashville, Tennessee · founded 2016$400Kraised▾
DriveOn is an online platform which connects car enthusiasts to share each other's cars. It helps car enthusiasts to avoid the hassles of buying and selling cars every time by joining its community where they can list their cars into the DriveOn network and take someone else's car whose value is within $8,000 of theirs. Users are charged $59 per month service fee and the cost to ship the car to them. All its customers are insured through the same insurance company. It is scheduled to launch in early 2017.
- Oct 2016Seed$400K
#5
Acquired · Memphis, Tennessee · founded 1922 · 1232 employees—raised▾
Distributor of automotive chemicals, lubricants, and other materials
#6
Public · Memphis, Tennessee · founded 1979 · 2042 employees—raised▾
Retailer of automotive replacement parts and accessories. It also has 4400+ physical stores in the US, Puerto Rico, and Mexico, selling auto parts lines for cars, SUVs, vans, or light trucks, including new and remanufactured hard parts, maintenance items, and accessories. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $16.89B and a net profit of $2.42B.
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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Funding & growth over time
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