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Sonic Automotive

American automotive retailing company
Organization business Q7561788
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 17 annual filings
Revenue
$15.15B
▲ 6.5% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$118.70M
▼ 45.0% YoY FY2025
Assets
$5.97B
▲ 1.3% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$3.42
▼ 44.7% YoY FY2025
$0.00$4.17B$8.33B$12.50B$16.67B FY2009: $5.97B · NI $31.55M (0.5% margin)FY2010: $6.58B · NI $89.93M (1.4% margin)FY2011: $7.52B · NI $76.25M (1.0% margin)FY2012: $8.37B · NI $89.10M (1.1% margin)FY2013: $8.84B · NI $81.62M (0.9% margin)FY2014: $9.20B · NI $97.22M (1.1% margin)FY2015: $9.62B · NI $86.31M (0.9% margin)FY2016: $9.73B · NI $93.19M (1.0% margin)FY2017: $9.87B · NI $92.98M (0.9% margin)FY2018: $9.95B · NI $51.65M (0.5% margin)FY2019: $10.45B · NI $144.10M (1.4% margin)FY2020: $9.77B · NI -$51.40M (-0.5% margin)FY2021: $12.40B · NI $348.90M (2.8% margin)FY2022: $14.00B · NI $88.50M (0.6% margin)FY2023: $14.37B · NI $178.20M (1.2% margin)FY2024: $14.22B · NI $216.00M (1.5% margin)FY2025: $15.15B · NI $118.70M (0.8% margin) '09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0001628280-26-010570

Sonic Automotive

Summary

Sonic Automotive is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (636 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sonic Automotive is in the country of United States[3].
  • Sonic Automotive is in the country of US[4].
  • Sonic Automotive's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Sonic Automotive's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • Sonic Automotive's founder is recorded as Bruton Smith[7].
  • Sonic Automotive's headquarters location is recorded as Charlotte[8].
  • Sonic Automotive's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[9].
  • Sonic Automotive's industry is recorded as automotive industry[10].
  • January 1, 1997 marks the founding of Sonic Automotive[11].
  • 1997-01-30 marks the founding of Sonic Automotive[12].
  • Sonic Automotive's official website is recorded as http://www.sonicautomotive.com[13].
  • Sonic Automotive's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[14].
  • Sonic Automotive's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[15].
  • Sonic Automotive's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+7103'}[16].
  • Sonic Automotive's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+7109'}[17].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300NTLRGJ2JCBZU03[18]

  • Registered legal name: Sonic Automotive, INC.[19]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[20]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[21]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[22]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[23]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[24]

  • Entity created: 1997-01-30[25]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-12-13[26]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-02-11[27]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-02-13[28]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[29]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[30]

  • Authority entity ID: 2714319[31]

  • Other names: Sonic Auto World, INC.[32]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[33]

Body

Founding

Sonic Automotive's founder is recorded as Bruton Smith[7]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1997[11] and 1997-01-30[12].

Operations

Sonic Automotive's headquarters location is recorded as Charlotte[8].

Industry

Sonic Automotive's industry is recorded as automotive industry[10].

Ownership

Sonic Automotive's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[9].

Why It Matters

Sonic Automotive ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (636 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

business New York Stock Exchange public company United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Crunchbase. crunchbase.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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