Service King was founded by Eddie Lennox in 1976. Its first location was in
Dallas. In 2009, the then-independently owned Service King bought the three-location D&D Collision chain in the
Houston area. In 2012,
The Carlyle Group purchased a majority stake in Service King. Around that time, it expanded into
Arizona. Global investment and advisory group
Blackstone purchased majority ownership in Service King in July 2014. Service King eclipsed the 200-location milestone by December 2014 by purchasing
Seattle-headquartered Kirmac Collision Services to expand its footprint in the
Pacific northwest. Service King hit the 300-location mark in August 2016; it also opened a 70,000 square foot center in
Milpitas, California around that time. In 2017, Blackstone and Carlyle looked at selling Service King for up to $2 billion (US). Service King opened a new corporate office located in
Richardson, Texas in early 2017. On July 14, 2022, a merger between Service King and Crash Champions was announced. All Service King locations were rebranded as Crash Champions. == Partnerships ==