Dealer Apps Detroit, MI

Detroit's Automotive Dealer Engineering Partner

For auto dealerships and service groups in and around Detroit, we deliver production-grade apps in same-day cadence from our LA HQ — with one team, one codebase, and one price.

Time to live 6–10 weeks
Monthly cost $850/mo, all-in
Primary outcome dealers compress retail delivery time by 30–50%
Compliance state dealer licensing, FTC Safeguards Rule, PCI DSS

The automotive dealer problem in Detroit

What's really happening with auto dealerships and service groups here.

The pattern we see

You're running a automotive-led, industrial, turnaround-focused automotive dealer business in Detroit, and the stack you inherited wasn't built for it. service and sales customer data live in two different DMS silos, trade-in and credit app processes require 4 in-person visits, and service reminders depend on mailers that barely move the needle — three separate symptoms of the same root cause: generic software forcing your team to work around it instead of with it.

How we build for Detroit

Not a template. A custom stack, assembled for your operation.

Our approach for Detroit auto dealerships and service groups is direct. We replace the patchwork with one custom system. Branded inventory search with saved alerts. In-app service scheduling and reminders. Fully integrated with CDK, Reynolds & Reynolds, Tekion so nothing you already pay for gets thrown out.

With 639,111+ residents and a local economy built around automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare, Detroit rewards auto dealerships and service groups who move faster than the competition. We build with that pace in mind. Your app ships in weeks. Iteration cycles run weekly. And every product decision is tied to a measurable business outcome — unify sales + service customer and pull deals through faster being the one most Detroit operators care about first.

What we build

Five services. One retainer. Pick what fits, or stack them.

Branded Mobile App

A native iOS + Android app branded as Detroit's automotive dealer leader. Published under your developer accounts, with push notifications tuned to unify sales + service customer and pull deals through faster.

  • native iOS and Android from a single codebase
  • App Store and Play Store submission under your developer accounts
  • push notifications, deep linking, and offline support
Typical timeline: 6–10 weeks

Web Application

A production-grade web app your team in Wayne County uses daily, and your customers reach from any browser. Optimized for the ET cadence your auto dealerships and service groups actually run on.

  • production-grade React/Next.js front end
  • custom domain, SSL, and CDN delivery
  • role-based access and admin dashboards
Typical timeline: 4–8 weeks

Custom Internal Software

The internal tool CDK and Reynolds & Reynolds couldn't build for your Detroit operation. digital retailing — credit app, deposit, and delivery scheduling, role-based access, and full audit trails.

  • back-office operations dashboard
  • workflow automation and approval chains
  • data import/export and reporting exports
Typical timeline: 5–10 weeks

Systems Integration

Make CDK, Reynolds & Reynolds, Tekion — the stack your Detroit automotive dealer team already depends on — finally behave as one system. Two-way sync, queue-backed retries, monitoring.

  • two-way sync across CRM, billing, and ops systems
  • webhooks, API proxies, and queue-backed retries
  • monitoring, alerting, and error remediation
Typical timeline: 3–6 weeks

Ongoing Product Team

A product + engineering team on retainer. Weekly feature releases, uptime monitoring, and a monthly roadmap built around the Detroit automotive dealer market's changing demands — not a fixed-bid handoff.

  • monthly product roadmap with your leadership
  • feature releases every 2 weeks
  • uptime monitoring, patching, and incident response
Typical timeline: ongoing

How we build automotive dealer apps in Detroit

Three phases. No surprises.

01

Ship & Iterate

Your app ships within 6–10 weeks. Weekly release cadence after launch, with product-engineering retainer that treats your automotive dealer business like a product, not a project.

02

Integrate & Migrate

We migrate your existing data from CDK (and whatever else your Detroit team already uses) so day-one launch doesn't lose a single customer or record.

03

Discovery Call

We meet with your dealer principal and map the exact workflow you run in Wayne County. No generic discovery templates — the output is a spec tied to unify sales + service customer and pull deals through faster.

Integrations we plug into

Keep the tools your Detroit team already knows. We build around them, not over them.

CDKReynolds & ReynoldsTekionDealerTrack

Compliance, architected in

Requirements drive architecture, not retrofits. We scope compliance into the build from day one.

state dealer licensing FTC Safeguards Rule PCI DSS

Frequently asked questions

Specific to auto dealerships and service groups in Detroit.

Do you work with auto dealerships and service groups outside Detroit?

Yes. We serve the full Wayne County service area within roughly 30 miles of Detroit, and we work remotely across the US. Most Detroit projects get same-week on-site kickoffs when requested.

What does a automotive dealer app cost for a Detroit business?

$850/month, all-in. That covers design, development, hosting, support, and ongoing iteration. No per-seat fees, no per-transaction cuts, no surprise invoices. Most auto dealerships and service groups we work with in Wayne County recover the monthly cost within the first quarter through unify sales + service customer and pull deals through faster.

What about FTC Safeguards compliance?

Every credit-app data flow is built to the FTC Safeguards Rule — encryption, access controls, audit logging, and written information security policies covered.

Can each rooftop have its own app?

Either a multi-rooftop single app with location switching, or per-rooftop branded apps sharing one backend. We'll recommend the structure that fits your group.

Do we own the code and the data?

Yes. Your codebase, your App Store and Play Store listings, your customer data. If you ever decide to leave, we hand over a clean repo and a documented deployment. No lock-in, no exit fee.

Ready to build for Detroit?

Join the auto dealerships and service groups in Wayne County already shipping on Buildify.