Who Owns Beck & Masten Buick GMC North, and Is It Still Open

Type Beck & Masten Buick GMC North into a search bar and the results get confusing fast. Some listings still carry the old name, others show Group 1 Buick GMC North, and a few shoppers assume the store closed.

It did not close. The store is open at 11300 FM 1960 Rd W in northwest Houston, and the name on the building is the thing that changed.

Keep reading below, then schedule a test drive near Katy. Bringing your own numbers to the lot settles this faster than any spec sheet.

Group 1 Automotive owns the store today

Group 1 Automotive owns Group 1 Buick GMC North, and has owned it since 2023. The Beck & Masten name came off the building on October 6, 2025, when the store was renamed to match its parent company (Group 1 Automotive, 2026). Ownership did not move that day. By the time the sign changed, the store had already been part of Group 1 for two years.

Four words come up a lot in this story, and they are easy to mix up.

Group 1 Automotive reported record revenue of $22.6 billion for 2025 and sold 459,000 new and used vehicles that year, and Texas is its largest market. That is the company behind the name on our building. The store itself is still one dealership on one road, run by the people who were already here.

Nothing about your visit changed with the name

The address, the people, the inventory, and the service drive all carried over. Group 1’s June 2026 release put it plainly: the rebrand did not change ownership, staffing, product offerings, or day-to-day operations, and customers have kept working with the same local professionals under the new name. Here is what moved and what stayed put.

The lineup is the same one you shopped before: GMC trucks and SUVs from the Sierra 1500 to the Yukon, Acadia, and Terrain, plus Buick’s SUVs. GMC set a US annual sales record in 2025, with brand sales up 6.2% to 652,394 units (GM, 2026). In a June 2026 Cars.com review, a customer wrote: “Lee Hobson hands down is the BEST SALESMAN. Very integral and sincere. Look no further. I contacted him, told him what I wanted, did everything over the phone, went to get my vehicle and was in and out within an hr time frame.”

The service drive did not skip a day either. Across the country, franchised dealers wrote more than 276 million repair orders in 2025 (NADA, 2025), and that work is what keeps a store connected to its customers for years after the sale. In a July 2026 Carfax review, an owner wrote: “They were able to diagnose, get approval from my warranty company, and repair my vehicle all in one day.”

Group 1 bought the store two years before renaming it

Group 1 Automotive announced the purchase of three Beck & Masten Buick-GMC dealerships in Texas in May 2023, with expected annual revenues of $760 million (Group 1 Automotive, 2023). The name stayed on the buildings for another two years after that. Anyone who bought or serviced a vehicle here in 2024 was already dealing with a Group 1 store.

John Beck and James Masten built the store over 52 years

John Beck and James Masten retired after 52 years as business partners when the Beck & Masten Auto Group was sold in 2023 (Kerrigan Advisors, 2023). Kerrigan Advisors represented the group in that sale. Two names on a Cypress building for half a century is why the old name is still the one many people say out loud.

That history is the reason continuity mattered so much here. A store built over five decades keeps its customers through its people, and those people came with the store.

Group 1 Buick GMC South changed names on the same day

The sister store at 12820 Gulf Freeway became Group 1 Buick GMC South on October 6, 2025, the same date the FM 1960 store was renamed. Both Katy Buick and GMC rooftops made the change together, and both had been under Group 1 ownership since 2023.

General Manager Joseph Pierce described the result this way in Group 1’s release: “Since taking our new name, our customers have found the same local team they know and trust, now with a clearer connection to the strength and resources of Group 1.”

Why does the Beck & Masten name still show up online?

The old name still surfaces because it sat on this corner of FM 1960 for decades, and the internet keeps a long memory. Three things keep it alive.

• Review profiles carry years of history. Reviews written before October 2025 name the store the way it was named then, and those reviews stay on the profile.
• Third-party listings update on their own schedule. Directories, mapping apps, and vehicle history sites each refresh at a different pace, so both names circulate at once.
• Customers still call us Beck & Masten. Regulars who have been coming here for years use the name they know, and we answer to it.

That last one shows up in the reviews themselves. In a July 2026 Cars.com review, Kelley D. wrote: “Beck Masten has always provided exceptional service to my vehicles, and the service advisor was friendly, knowledgeable, accommodating, and worked with my trip schedule to get everything repaired.”

Either name gets you to the same place. Search the old one, search the new one, or drive to the address you already know.

Where Group 1 Buick GMC North sits among Houston area stores

Anyone checking on the old name usually ends up weighing a handful of area stores that sell Buick, GMC, or the GM lineup under another badge. Here is how those stores compare on the brands they sell, where they sit, and the ownership behind them.

Frequently asked questions

Is my service history still on file under the Beck & Masten name?

Yes. Your service records stay with the store and with your vehicle’s VIN, so a name on a building has no effect on them. Bring your VIN or your plate number and the advisor can pull the history.

Do I need to update my warranty paperwork after the name change?

No. Factory coverage comes from GM and follows the vehicle, not the dealership name on your original paperwork. A new Buick, for example, carries bumper-to-bumper coverage for 3 years or 36,000 miles and powertrain coverage for 5 years or 60,000 miles, whichever comes first (GM, 2026).

Can I still get my GMC serviced here if I bought it under the old name?

Yes. The same factory-trained Buick and GMC service and parts operation is on site, in the same building, working on the same vehicles. Nothing about your eligibility for service or warranty work changed.

Does the name change affect a trade-in appraisal or a deal already in progress?

No. Day-to-day operations continued through the rename, including appraisals, financing, and deliveries. You can still value your trade and get pre-approved online before you come in.

Are there other Beck & Masten Buick GMC stores left?

Group 1 acquired three Beck & Masten Buick-GMC dealerships in Texas in 2023, and the two Jersey Village stores now carry the Group 1 name: Group 1 Buick GMC North on FM 1960 and Group 1 Buick GMC South on the Gulf Freeway.

Can I still work with the salesperson I bought from before?

Staffing did not change with the name, so ask for the person by name when you call or visit. Many of the people on the sales floor and in the service drive have been with this store for years.

The store is open and the team is the same

If you searched the old name because you wanted to know whether this store is still here, the answer is short. It is open on FM 1960, it has been owned by Group 1 Automotive since 2023, and the people who sold you your Sierra or serviced your Enclave are still the ones who pick up the phone. The rename on October 6, 2025 changed the sign and left the rest alone.

So the question worth asking now is not who owns the store. It is what you need next from it, whether that is a truck, an SUV, or an oil change.

How Group 1 Buick GMC North handles a trade and pre-approval online

Because nothing about buying here changed with the name, the process is the same one you may have used before: browse the new, used, and certified pre-owned Buick and GMC inventory, value your trade, and get pre-approved online, then finish in store. Buyers and owners rate us 4.4 stars across 7,792 Google reviews and 4.4 stars across 1,474 DealerRater reviews, the highest review volume of any Buick or GMC dealership in the Tomball area. What customers name most often is a specific person: an advisor or a salesperson who explained what was happening and kept them updated.

In an August 2026 Cars.com review, Linda L. wrote: “I received excellent service by Ron, my assigned service consultant. He listened to the issues I was having with my vehicle and provided me with some scenarios about the possible issues and laid out a timeline of when I could expect my car to be looked at and when the timing of the repairs. Throughout the entire experience, Ron kept in touch with me and provided updates on my vehicle.” In a July 2026 Carfax review, another customer wrote: “The service was fast, smooth, and very efficient from start to finish. The staff was very attentive, professional, and made sure everything was taken care of quickly.”

Group 1 Buick GMC North is the same FM 1960 store you knew as Beck & Masten, under the name it carries today. Value your trade and get pre-approved online, then finish the paperwork in store with the same team.

Group 1 Buick GMC North answers this question against the specific vehicle in front of you rather than the model in general. Value your trade and get pre-approved online, then see us at our Houston showroom, or call (281) 897-6690.

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