Distributor profile
Automotive Equipment Specialists
California, United States
Automotive Equipment Specialists supplies auto shop equipment and supplies across a wide range of categories. The company offers automotive lifts including 2-post, 4-post, alignment, motorcycle, and specialty lifts from brands like BendPak, Challenger, and Rotary. Additional product categories include tire changers and wheel balancers, brake lathes, diagnostic scanners, paint spray booths, air compressors, frame machines, and transmission equipment from manufacturers such as Coats, Atlas, and Autel.
- Headquarters
- California, United States
- Typical price range
- Over $5,000
- MAP policy
- No
- Sells direct to consumer
- Yes
What Automotive Equipment Specialists distributes
Automotive lifts, tire changers, wheel balancers, diagnostic scanners, air compressors, brake lathes, paint spray booths
Is Automotive Equipment Specialists a fit for your store?
Order values here are high, so the margin on a single sale can carry real ad spend. At this price point buyers research before they buy, which rewards good product content.
They also sell direct to consumers, so you would be competing with your own distributor on price. Ask where they stand on that before committing.
No MAP policy is listed, so expect price competition from other resellers and plan your margin with that in mind.
Niches
Margins, MAP policy, and who to contact
Supplier Flow members see Automotive Equipment Specialists's typical reseller margin range, how strictly it enforces MAP pricing, and the named contacts to email for a wholesale application, plus thousands more verified suppliers and distributors with the same detail.
How to open a wholesale account with Automotive Equipment Specialists
- 1. Check the fit. Confirm the product types and price range match the store you are building, and that the minimum order is within your working capital.
- 2. Look legitimate first. Most distributors want a real website, a business email on your own domain, and a resale certificate before they open an account.
- 3. Ask which brands are actually available to you. A distributor carrying many brands does not always have all of them open to new resellers in your territory.
- 4. Ask about MAP. Knowing whether pricing is enforced tells you whether your margin is protected from being undercut by other resellers on the same catalogue.
Looking for more? Browse suppliers by niche or try the free tools.