Holman's story started in 1924 when Steward C. Holman opened a Ford dealership in Pennsauken, New Jersey. By 1948 the company had expanded into fleet services at the request of Ford Motor Company and RCA, and has since grown into one of the largest family-owned integrated automotive services companies in North America. Headquartered in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, Holman in 2022 consolidated its operating units (including ARI and Kargo Master) under a single Holman brand and now serves fleets globally across commercial, government, and trade verticals.
For a growing HVAC contractor, Holman is the all-in-one fleet partner: it will help spec the right Transit or Sprinter, fund the acquisition via lease or loan, coordinate upfitting (including with its in-house Kargo Master brand), handle nationwide preventive and emergency maintenance through a 70,000-shop network, manage registrations and toll programs, deliver telematics and driver-behavior data, and finally remarket vehicles at end of life. This end-to-end model is especially valuable for HVAC companies crossing the 20-50 vehicle threshold where self-managing a fleet becomes a full-time job for the office.
Holman's fleet telematics product, paired with its maintenance network and fuel card programs, gives HVAC owners real-time visibility into vehicle location, technician route adherence, idle time, fuel spend, and maintenance compliance - data that increasingly drives operational decisions in modern HVAC shops. For fleets evaluating EV adoption (Ford E-Transit, BrightDrop, Rivian), Holman's EV consulting and charging-infrastructure advisory practice helps contractors plan the transition without getting overexposed to early-stage technology.