Key2Key Weekend shop owners cheering together after training in Houston

Take your shop to the next level with Auto Hospitality.

We offer monthly training live in Houston to learn the playbook that powers some of the best shops in the country, plus coaching, peer groups, recruiting, callbacks, media, AI, and technical training.

Average unit volume
$6.2M
Average repair order
$900+
Shops trained
2K+
Schedule

Learn the entire playbook in a weekend.

Key2Key brings shop owners to Houston for two days of training on the Auto Hospitality operating model. The work follows a customer and a car from the first phone call through pickup, then shows the owner how to train the standard and review the numbers each week.

Economics

Average shops do about $100K a month. Ours do 5x that.

We post our numbers because the gap isn’t luck — it’s the operating model, and it shows up first in two places you can change on Monday: the calls you book and the work you present.

Monthly revenue per shop
Typical independentThe U.S. average shop
~$100K
Sophisticated multi-unitA strong consolidator
~$190K
The industry standoutA great single store
~$250K
AHG family-shop averageA shop running on Auto Hospitality
$508K
Inbound show rate
~15%60%

The typical shop gets about 15% of inbound calls across the line. Our shops average 60%.

Average repair order
~$400~$900

About $900 across AutoShop Answers shops — roughly 2x the industry average. It comes from the complete inspection and how the work is presented, not from charging more.

Case Studies

The Auto Hospitality model is run by some of the country’s top shops.

By investing in operational discipline and customer obsession, these operators build companies their teams can run, their customers can feel, and their owners can grow.

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Premier Tire & Auto shop exterior.
Operator we trained

Lynn Massengill

Two shops · southeast Tennessee

Premier Tire & Auto

Before
Before
~$456K combined month
After
Current
~$1.1M combined month
TTM
12 months ending June 2026
$11.75M
2023
Training
Premier comes through Key2Key
Operating shift
People + hospitality
Always say yes · price for value

Hospitality first: staff the stores for success, say yes, price for extreme value. His team shops parts down because gross profit is a game they win together — and customers stopped pushing back on price.

J.J.'s Auto Service Center Waldorf shop exterior.
Operator we trained

JJ Mont

Single shop · Waldorf, MD

J.J.'s Auto Service Center

Before
Sep 2023
$130–170K monthly range
After
Apr 2026
$615,483 net sales
TTM
12 months ending June 2026
$6.21M
Sep 2023
Training
ASTA → Key2Key
First move
Saying yes on the phone
$35K → $72K record week

JJ met the team at ASTA in September 2023 and came straight to Key2Key. The first move was saying yes on the phone; then he focused on the one shop and installed the inspection, recruiting, pricing, and callback disciplines.

Pleasant Car Care shop exterior.
Operator we trained

Charlie Zlatkos

Two shops · Newton + Watertown, MA

Pleasant Car Care

Before
~2012
~$20K per month
After
June 2026
$11.09M net sales
TTM
12 months ending June 2026
$11.09M
~2012
Operating model
Scripts + “customer pays for everything”
2025
Two record months
$664.8K Newton · $460.3K Watertown

Charlie wrote Todd’s phone presentation word-for-word and read it on live calls until it became muscle memory. That discipline now runs across Newton and the original two-bay Watertown shop.

Adams Automotive Blalock shop exterior and service bays.
A shop we run

Adams Blalock

The flagship · Houston, TX

Adams Automotive — the flagship

Before
Before 2020
~$2.5–3M per year
After
June 2026
$10.25M revenue
TTM
12 months ending June 2026
$10.25M
Mar 2020
Operating shift
Todd Hayes steps in as GM
2021–2023
Scale
$8M in 2021 · $12.25M record year in 2023

Todd Hayes stepped in as GM in March 2020 and doubled revenue in four months. The playbook took the store to $8M in 2021 and a record $12.25M in 2023 — the proof table lists $10.25M TTM today across 56 bays.

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Operator Network

Auto Hospitality works in every market.

The shops plotted below have trained with us, from single-shop owners to large multi-unit groups. Every gold dot marks a real shop address.

Map of AutoShop Answers training roster shops across the United States

The operating model does not depend on one city, labor pool, or customer base.

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Training Room

Learn the entire playbook in a weekend.

Key2Key brings shop owners to Houston for two days of training on the Auto Hospitality operating model. The work follows a customer and a car from the first phone call through pickup, then shows the owner how to train the standard and review the numbers each week.

The full Key2Key Weekend group gathered together in Houston
Key2Key Weekend Hosted in Houston, TX
For owners and operators
A full classroom of shop owners working through the Key2Key material
Owners working through Key2Key
A technician walking through a vehicle inspection on the shop floor
Complete inspection training
Owners working through the model together at training tables
Table work during Key2Key
Industry Partners

Sponsors and partners who support the AutoShop Answers community.

Echo AdvertisingAppFueled212 PaymentsMaster Tech to MillionaireTekmetricBG ProductsAuto MasteryConsumer Fusion
Instructors

Learn from the best operators in the country.

Shop owners and operators teach alongside the people who lead ASA’s accounting, AI, recruiting, media, coaching, callback, and technical-training work.

Todd Hayes
Founder

Todd Hayes

Founder · AutoShop Answers

Joe Adams
K2K

Joe Adams

CEO · Adams Automotive

Glenn Piccolo
K2K

Glenn Piccolo

GM · Adams flagship, 1010 Blalock

Charlie Zlatkos
Courtside

Charlie Zlatkos

Founder · Pleasant Car Care

Mike Quinn
Courtside

Mike Quinn

Managing Partner · Adams Woodlands

Todd Westerlund
AutoShop Answers

Todd Westerlund

President · AutoShop Answers

Gary Walker
Callbacks

Gary Walker

Managing Partner · Auto Shop Callbacks

Brian Rhodes
Recruiting

Brian Rhodes

Managing Partner · AutoShop Recruiting

Peter Sarantidis
Auto Tech Training

Peter Sarantidis

General Managing Partner · Auto Tech Training

Joshua Spires
Media

Joshua Spires

AutoShop Media

Matt Keys
Back-Office Blueprint

Matt Keys

CFO · NetSuite-certified CPA

Michael Floyd
AIX

Michael Floyd

Chief AI Officer

Dr. Dana Nkana
Coach

Dr. Dana Nkana

Leadership coach

Bryan Stasch
Coach

Bryan Stasch

VP · Coaching, Peer Groups & Member Success

George Zeeks
Coach

George Zeeks

VP · Growth & Development

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Next training date
Aug 22–23