Case Study: Kunes Country Auto Group achieves ninefold growth with DealerSocket (Auto/Mate DMS)

Kunes Country Auto Group grows nine times its size with Auto/Mate

Kunes Country Auto Group, an Illinois- and Wisconsin-based retailer, faced high costs and poor support from its legacy dealer management system when it was only four stores. Seeking a scalable, cost-effective DMS that could keep pace with rapid growth, Kunes selected DealerSocket’s Auto/Mate DMS (including Report/Mate reporting and other Auto/Mate modules) to replace the previous vendor.

DealerSocket implemented Auto/Mate across Kunes’ stores and subsidiaries, delivering rapid onsite installs, a user-friendly Windows-style interface, and tools like Report/Mate, dispatch, service scheduling and improved parts functionality. The result: Kunes expanded roughly ninefold—from 4 locations to 35+ stores—with faster two-day store onboarding, consolidated cross-store financial reporting, better visibility into costs and marketing, and operational efficiencies (e.g., reduced tech downtime) driven by DealerSocket’s Auto/Mate solution and dealer-experienced support.

Kunes Country Auto Group

Tom Fohr

Regional General Manager