Service King Collision Repair

Service King is a Multi Shop Operator (MSO) and is the largest provider of collision repair services in Texas and the largest independently owned and operated provider of collision repair services in the United States. Service King's Home Office and Support Center are located in Richardson, Texas. Service King provides paint and body work, hail damage repair and glass replacement on all vehicle makes and models throughout Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston.

History

Service King was founded in 1976 by Eddie Lennox. Born and raised in Dallas, Lennox was one of five children, who got hooked on working on cars by his two older brothers. He preferred body work to engine mechanics, and soon had a garage business doing body work for his friends and family. He took an auto body repair class his junior and senior years at H. Grady Spruce High School, and when he got a little more serious about the business, he took a two-year extended program at Eastfield Community College that included accounting. Eddie was also working for a trucking company to make ends meet until he received a small loan from his neighbor, Charles Morgan, to start his own body shop in Dallas, Texas. It is in this small tin shack, complete with a small hand-painted sign, that he started his one man operation. Within 12 years, Service King had expanded to five locations. Service King steadily expanded until the entire Dallas and Fort Worth markets were saturated. Service King acquired D&D collision and Calloway's collision, the largest operator in Houston at the time with 4 locations. Eddie is very proud of what he has built. In fact, Eddie Lennox is still at the helm today.

Dallas Locations

Currently, Service King has 22 locations in Dallas and Fort Worth and are serving the communities in Arlington, Carrollton, Duncanville, Euless, Frisco, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Irving, Lewisville, McKinney, Mesquite, North Dallas, North East Dallas, North West Dallas, North Richland Hills, Oak Cliff, Park Cities, Plano, South West Plano, Richardson, South Fort Worth and West Fort Worth.

Houston Locations

Currently, Service King has 6 locations in Houston and are serving the communities in Copperfield, Humble, Katy, Kingwood, Spring and Southwest Freeway. Future sites include expansion into Pearland and Tomball in Houston, Texas.

References

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External links

• http://www.serviceking.com