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  0001821335
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001031203
  GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC
  001-13461
  730 TOWN & COUNTRY BOULEVARD
  SUITE 500
  HOUSTON
  TX
  77024
  713-647-5700
  MCHENRY DANIEL JAMES
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  3000
  1328984.07
  12934719
  06/11/2025
  NYSE
  Common
  02/14/2024
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  02/14/2024
  Compensation
  Common
  02/15/2024
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  02/15/2024
  Compensation
  Common
  02/19/2024
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  02/19/2024
  Compensation
  Common
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  ESPP Purchase
  Issuer
  N
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  03/28/2024
  Cash
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
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  Compensation
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
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  02/12/2025
  Compensation
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
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  02/14/2025
  Compensation
  Common
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  ESPP Purchase
  Issuer
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  Cash
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  Houston
  TX
  77024
  Common
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  3000
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  06/11/2025
  /s/ Gerardo Ibarra-Munoz, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Daniel Mchenry