2021 Family Business Awards: Mitchell Auto Group

1st Place

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1st Place
Category: 200+ Full-Time Employees

Mitchell Auto Group is a car dealership and service provider with several locations in Greater Hartford.

How has your company shifted its strategy during the pandemic?

The company has enhanced its pick-up and delivery system by adding drivers and extra loaner vehicles to serve our clients during these times, as well as instituting COVID-safe protocols.

What are your family values and how do they contribute to your business success?

Our company directors have been with us for over 50 years of combined service. Thanks to them, our company has shown stable, charted growth. The average length of service in our company is 11.4 years! We are a company committed to our employees and their families.

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Where do you see your business in the next five years?

We will have completed our moves and building projects. In this timeframe, we will have added the Jeep franchise and completed three new dealerships. With the advent of electric cars, we will be adding EV charging stations throughout each campus. Technology will serve us better with automated check-in kiosks for service customers.

Industry: Automotive Retail
Year Founded: 1922
Founder: Robert Pringle, Walter & Mary Mitchell
Generation Running Company: Third
Full-Time Employees: 210
Part-Time Employees: 40
Family Members Employed at the Company: Mark A. Mitchell, President – Grandson of founder; Steven S. Mitchell, Vice President – Brother to Mark; Jill A. Mitchell Gettinger, Community Manager – Daughter to Mark; Aaron Gettinger, VW General Manager – Husband of Jill and Son-in-law to Mark; Dennis Mitchell, Transportation – Cousin to Mark and Steven
Company Website: mitchellautogroup.com