Exclusive Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available at Auto Care Association’s Largest Spring Event

Attendees at Auto Care Connect, May 12-15, will learn, collaborate, discover new business solutions at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown

By Auto Care Association

Bethesda, Md.—The Auto Care Association has announced that sponsorship opportunities are now available for its May 2025 Auto Care Connect event. This is the second year of the redesigned Connect event and is the largest gathering of the association’s nearly 1,000 volunteer leaders and premier automotive aftermarket industry thought professionals.



Auto Care Connect will take place May 12 – 15, 2025, at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown in Phoenix. Connect is the largest annual learning experience presented by Auto Care and offers the opportunity for attendees to learn, collaborate, discover new business solutions, and enhance their professional contributions for their organizations and the industry.  

Auto Care represents the full industry supply chain and sponsoring companies can have their business and brand in front an audience where: 

  • 97% of 2024 survey respondents would recommend Connect to another colleague. 
  • Nearly three out of four companies that attended in 2023 returned for 2024.
  • 24% of the attendees were C-Level, presidents or vice presidents. 

Auto Care Connect is a three-day program that provides a platform for varying levels of engagement for the attendee. Attendees gather for learning sessions, social engagements, a trade show, and high-level association steering discussions. Sponsoring partnerships span in cost and prominence and offer opportunities to include: 

  • Exclusive brand highlighting and promotion. 
  • Brief speaking opportunities to varying sizes or all attendees of Connect.
  • Brand adjacency to industry support or wellness initiatives.  

For further details and a list of all available sponsorship opportunities, visit autocare.org/connect