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Automobile Repair Industry Statistics

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Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01 Industry overview

The automobile repair industry at a glance

The U.S. automobile repair industry sits within a $435 billion light-vehicle aftermarket in 2025, supported by a large technician workforce, older vehicles and increasingly complex electronic and safety-system repairs.

$435B[64]
Light-vehicle aftermarket, 2025
825,800[26]
Automotive technicians, 2025
5%[26]
Technician growth, 2025–35
32%[26]
Technicians at dealers, 2025
Market size
The broader U.S. light-vehicle aftermarket, which includes repair, maintenance, parts and related channels, was projected at $435 billion in 2025. New-vehicle dealerships generated $164.6 billion in service and parts sales in 2025, providing a separately reported benchmark for the dealer portion of repair-related activity.[64][70]
Forecast & CAGR
The light-vehicle aftermarket is projected to exceed $500 billion by 2028. The source does not publish a single headline CAGR; the implied annual growth from $435 billion in 2025 to $500 billion in 2028 is approximately 4.7%.[64]
Segmentation
Automotive repair demand spans mechanical and electrical repair, body and collision work, tire and parts service, warranty work and express maintenance. In dealership service operations in 2025, total sales comprised $75.81 billion of service labor and $93.42 billion of parts sales; customer mechanical labor was $31.48 billion and customer mechanical parts were $24.21 billion.[70]
Key players & concentration
The industry remains fragmented across dealerships, independent garages, franchise networks and specialist chains. Midas reported approximately 1,200 locations in the United States and Canada in 2025, while its acquisition of Max Auto added 111 service centers across six states, illustrating ongoing platform consolidation without establishing a dominant national share.[71]
Pricing
At new-vehicle dealerships, total service and parts sales averaged $494 per customer repair order in 2025, while the average customer mechanical labor rate was $186. Dealership body-shop sales averaged $1,150 per repair order in the same year.[70]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Demand is supported by rising vehicle complexity, longer vehicle ownership and the need to calibrate and repair advanced safety systems. The technician occupation is projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 66,200 openings annually, while technicians increasingly work with electronic systems, sensors, electric-vehicle batteries and regenerative braking.[26]
Consumer behavior & competition
Consumers were projected to spend $435 billion repairing and maintaining light vehicles in 2025. In channel competition, the service channel retained a 0.6-percentage-point gain over the dealer channel in 2024, while the dealer channel had lost 1.4 percentage points since 2017.[64]
M&A
Consolidation continued in 2025: Midas acquired Max Auto Supply Company, adding 111 franchise locations and more than 650 employees, while Big Brand Tire & Service acquired Burt Brothers Tire & Service, adding nearly 30 stores. FleetPride and TruckPro also completed a merger on October 28, 2025, in the heavy-duty aftermarket service and distribution segment.[71]
Regulation
Automotive repair businesses operate within federal, state and local requirements covering workplace safety, waste handling, refrigerants, emissions-related equipment and consumer protection. The available industry sources reviewed did not provide a current, comparable national dollar or compliance statistic specific to automobile repair regulation.[26]
Latest news
The most recent industry developments identified in the reviewed sources include Midas’s December 18, 2025 acquisition of Max Auto’s 111 locations and the October 2025 Big Brand–Burt Brothers and FleetPride–TruckPro transactions. These deals point to continued regional roll-ups and vertical expansion across tire, repair, collision and heavy-duty service networks.[71]
report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest automobile repair companies

Caliber Collision Holdings leads with $7.5B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

Caliber Collision Holdings$7.5B
Belron$7.2B
Mobivia$4.3B
Boyd Group Services$3.1B
Halfords Group$2.2B
Valvoline$1.7B
source-verifiedcaliber.com · belron.com · mobivia.com · boydgroup.com · halfordscompany.com · sec.gov2025

02 Ranking

Top 9 Companies in the Automobile Repair Industry

The leading companies in the automobile repair industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

Mobivia and Caliber Collision Holdings are tied at the top of Gitnux's 2026 automobile repair ranking with an Overall score of 9.5 each.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in vehicle maintenance networks

    Mobivia

    FR

    Ranked #1 · 9.5 · Vehicle maintenance networks

    Why we picked it: It operates a multi-country network for vehicle maintenance, repair, and service-center work.

    See in ranking ↓Visit mobivia.com ↗

  2. Leader in collision repair networks

    Caliber Collision Holdings

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.5 · Collision repair networks

    Why we picked it: It focuses on collision repair, auto glass, and fleet services via a dense US center footprint.

    See in ranking ↓Visit caliber.com ↗

  3. Leader in vehicle glass repair

    Belron

    GB

    Ranked #3 · 9.2 · Vehicle glass repair

    Why we picked it: It is built around high-volume vehicle-glass work, including recalibration in 42 markets.

    See in ranking ↓Visit belron.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 9 companies in the automobile repair industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Mobivia

Vehicle maintenance networks · FR

9.5
2

Caliber Collision Holdings

Collision repair networks · US

9.5
3

Belron

Vehicle glass repair · GB

9.2
4

Crash Champions

Collision repair networks · US

9.1
5

Valvoline

Quick-lube services · US

9.0
6

Boyd Group Services

North American collision and glass repair · CA

8.7
7

Halfords Group

UK vehicle servicing, MOT, repair and tires · GB

8.5
8

Kwik Fit

UK tire, brake and vehicle maintenance services · GB

7.7
9

Monro

US tire, undercar and automotive repair services · US

7.5

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 11). Top 9 companies in the automobile repair industry. In Automobile Repair Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/automobile-repair-industry-statistics/#top-companies

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI use concentrates in diagnostics support and front-line workflow tools like digital inspections and estimate generation; 59% of US shops reported AI digital vehicle inspections in 2025.

AI in the automobile repair industry

  • 19% of heavy-duty repair respondents in 2025–2026 said they currently use AI for diagnostics support.[1]
  • 38% of commercial-vehicle repair and fleet respondents in Noregon’s 2025 survey were interested or very interested in AI mentor functions.[2]
  • 37% of U.S. auto-repair shops surveyed in 2025 said they use AI customer-service representatives.[3]
  • 59% of U.S. auto-repair shops surveyed in 2025 said they use AI digital vehicle inspections.[3]
  • 61% of U.S. auto-repair shops surveyed in 2025 said they use AI estimate generators.[3]
  • 52% of U.S. auto-repair shops surveyed in 2025 said they use AI scheduling software.[3]

Automation in the automobile repair industry

  • 47% of U.S. repair shops surveyed in March 2025 had adopted multiple new technologies during the previous two years.[4]
  • 6% of U.S. repair shops surveyed in March 2025 identified digital vehicle inspections as a newly adopted technology.[4]
  • 42% of U.S. general auto-repair shops surveyed in 2025 used payment software alongside their shop-management system.[5]
  • 9% of U.S. repair shops surveyed in March 2025 identified online appointment booking as a newly adopted technology.[4]
  • 36% of U.S. general auto-repair shops surveyed in 2025 used accounting software alongside their shop-management system.[5]
  • 2% of U.S. repair shops surveyed in March 2025 identified automated customer updates as a newly adopted technology.[4]

Digital Transformation in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among England adult social care providers, 63% used digital rostering tools in February–March 2025.[6]
  • Across U.S. service-based SMBs, 42% said they could not survive without their digital tools in data collected in December 2025.[7]
  • Across U.S. service-based SMBs, 69% used at least one operational automation to save time in data collected in December 2025.[7]
  • Among England adult social care providers, 73% used digital social care records in February–March 2025.[6]

Technology Adoption in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among surveyed homecare businesses, 98% used care-management software in 2024.[8]
  • Among surveyed homecare businesses, 92% used finance software in 2024.[8]
  • Among England adult social care providers, 73% used at least one care technology for care and support in February–March 2025.[6]
  • Among surveyed homecare businesses, 94% used auditing and compliance software in 2024.[8]
  • Among surveyed homecare businesses, 96% used rostering software in 2024.[8]

Cloud Computing in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among EU businesses using cloud computing, 68% used it for file storage in 2023.[9]
  • Across EU large businesses, 78% bought cloud-computing services in 2023.[9]
  • Across EU businesses, 45% bought cloud-computing services in 2023.[9]
  • Among EU businesses using cloud computing, 83% used it to host email systems in 2023.[9]
  • Across EU small and medium-sized enterprises, 44% bought cloud-computing services in 2023.[9]

Big Data in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among surveyed homecare providers, 57% reported improved visibility of care after adopting smart technology in 2024.[8]
  • Among surveyed homecare providers, 76% said smart technology helped them better evidence care quality in 2024.[8]
  • Among surveyed homecare providers, 64% said smart technology helped them better audit care quality in 2024.[8]
  • Among surveyed homecare agencies with reporting tools, 22% were not using their data to inform business decisions or benefit clients in 2025.[10]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

KPI monitoring is widespread in collision repair shops, led by gross-profit tracking and touch-time metrics; 94% monitored overall gross profit in 2025.

Business intelligence in the automobile repair industry

  • 87% of U.S. collision repair shops that tracked KPIs monitored customer-satisfaction index in 2025.[3]
  • 93% of U.S. collision repair shops that tracked KPIs monitored gross profit on labor sales in 2025.[3]
  • 90% of U.S. collision repair shops that tracked KPIs monitored gross profit on materials sales in 2025.[3]
  • 94% of U.S. collision repair shops that tracked KPIs monitored overall gross profit in 2025.[3]
  • 85% of U.S. collision repair shops that tracked KPIs monitored touch time in 2025.[3]
  • 96% of U.S. collision repair shops that tracked KPIs monitored gross profit on parts sales in 2025.[3]

Data analytics in the automobile repair industry

  • 84% of U.S. collision repair shops that tracked KPIs monitored technician efficiency in 2025.[3]
  • 74% of U.S. collision repair shops that tracked KPIs monitored technician productivity in 2025.[3]
  • $2.83 million was the average annual revenue for U.S. collision shops that tracked KPIs in 2025.[3]
  • $4,526 was the average repair order for U.S. collision shops that tracked KPIs in 2025.[3]
  • $2.423 million was the average annual revenue for U.S. collision shops that did not track KPIs in 2025.[3]
  • 84% of U.S. collision repair shops that tracked KPIs monitored closing ratio in 2025.[3]

Data Quality in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across supply-management organizations, 67% said their data quality was better or significantly better than two years earlier in 2024.[11]
  • Across supply-management organizations, 49% reported that their data quality was good or excellent in 2024, based on a survey of more than 121 respondents.[11]
  • Across supply-management organizations, 23% reported spending at least 21% of their time cleaning data in 2024.[11]
  • Across organizations in APQC cross-industry research, 43% reported already using data-quality assessments within data governance in 2024.[12]

Data Governance in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among organizations surveyed globally, 47% reported housing their data-governance function in a center of excellence in 2024.[11]
  • Among organizations surveyed globally, 61% reported having a dedicated data-governance function in 2024.[11]
  • Among organizations surveyed globally, 53% of companies with more than 10,000 employees reported a formal data-governance organization in 2024.[13]
  • Among consumer-services companies, 31% reported having a formal data-governance organization in 2024, making this a relevant benchmark for personal-services businesses.[13]
  • Among organizations surveyed globally, 81% considered their data-governance program useful in 2024.[11]

KPIs in the automobile repair industry

  • 8% of U.S. collision repair shops expected sales to decline over the next five years in the 2025 survey.[3]
  • 17% of U.S. collision repair shops identified rising operating costs as their biggest challenge in 2025.[3]
  • 91% of U.S. repair shops in the latest IMR survey cited unpredictable repair times as an ADAS-related challenge.[14]
  • 18% of U.S. collision repair shops identified a shortage of qualified technicians as their biggest challenge in 2025.[3]
  • 60% of U.S. collision repair shops expected sales to grow over the next five years in the 2025 survey.[3]
  • 18% of U.S. collision repair shops expected sales to remain unchanged over the next five years in the 2025 survey.[3]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Demand growth and consolidation sit together: the light-vehicle aftermarket is projected to exceed $500 billion by 2028, while platforms continue to acquire locations.

Growth in the automobile repair industry

  • 33 consecutive years of annual comparable-store-sales growth were reported by O’Reilly Automotive through 2025.[15]
  • 4.7% was O’Reilly Automotive’s full-year comparable-store-sales increase in 2025.[15]
  • $664 billion was the forecast U.S. light-duty aftermarket size for 2028.[16]
  • 5.1% was the forecast annual growth rate for the U.S. auto-care industry in 2025 in the Auto Care Association’s 2026 Factbook release.[16]
  • $2.3 billion in net revenue was generated by Driven Brands’ automotive-services network in 2024.[17]
  • 5.3% was the forecast growth rate for the U.S. light-car and truck aftermarket in 2025, reaching $435 billion.[18]

Differentiation in the automobile repair industry

  • 32 states contained Monro’s 1,284 company-operated retail stores as of June 29, 2024, giving the chain a broad geographic service footprint.[17]
  • 25 vehicle brands were represented by Sonic Automotive’s 133 new-vehicle franchises in 2024.[17]
  • 50% of independent repair shops were failing to keep up with advanced driver-assistance-system repairs in Roland Berger’s 2025 study.[19]
  • 31 automobile brands were represented by Asbury Automotive Group’s 198 new-vehicle franchises at December 31, 2024.[17]
  • 25% of online automotive-parts buyers said they would not repeat the purchase, highlighting service and channel-experience opportunities for repair businesses.[19]
  • 71% was the aftermarket repair share reported in the 2023 automotive aftermarket industry analysis.[18]

Mergers and acquisitions in the automobile repair industry

  • More than 500 NAPA stores were acquired by Genuine Parts Company from independent owners and competitive stores in 2024.[17]
  • More than 450 collision-repair locations were acquired by larger operators in the United States during 2024.[20]
  • 8% was the increase in global M&A deal volume in 2024 from the 2023 ten-year low, according to the collision-repair M&A review.[20]
  • Six major transactions accounted for the more than $9 billion of capital entering the collision-repair industry from November 2023 through 2024.[20]
  • 41 net new stores were added to Genuine Parts Company’s automotive network in 2024, partly through acquisitions and network expansion.[17]
  • More than $9 billion of capital entered the collision-repair industry from November 2023 through 2024, primarily through refinancings and recapitalizations.[20]

Strategic partnerships in the automobile repair industry

  • 463 franchised Take 5 Oil locations were operating within Driven Brands’ service network at December 28, 2024.[17]
  • 37 collision repair centers operated within Asbury Automotive Group’s network at December 31, 2024.[17]
  • 45% of Motion’s annual sales came from national-account customers in 2025, reflecting large-scale commercial relationships.[17]
  • 13 countries outside the United States contained Driven Brands automotive-service locations in 2024.[17]
  • Over 20,000 North American repair locations participated in Genuine Parts Company’s repair-center network in 2025.[17]
  • 6,224 independently owned automotive stores were connected to Genuine Parts Company’s supply network at December 31, 2024.[17]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce supply is the constraint, with technician shortage affecting operators; 59% of US independent shop owners and managers reported moderate or high impact in 2025.

Hiring in the automobile repair industry

  • 59% of U.S. independent auto-repair shop owners and managers surveyed in 2025 said the technician shortage had moderately or highly affected their businesses.[21]
  • 60,000 additional automotive technician positions were projected to come from sector growth in the United States between 2023 and 2027.[22]
  • 86,489 new entrant automotive technicians were projected to be needed in the United States in 2023.[22]
  • 406,000 automotive technician positions were projected to be needed for occupational separations in the United States between 2023 and 2027.[22]
  • 75% of U.S. motor-vehicle repair-and-maintenance employers reported difficulty hiring technicians or mechanical-support workers in 2024.[23]

Employee retention in the automobile repair industry

  • 7.8% was the turnover rate among fully staffed diesel-repair shops in an American Transportation Research Institute study.[24]
  • 34.5% of diesel-repair shops in the 2025 ATRI study were fully staffed.[24]
  • 18.1% was the turnover rate among understaffed diesel-repair shops in an American Transportation Research Institute study.[24]
  • 65.5% of diesel-repair shops in the 2025 ATRI study were understaffed.[24]
  • About 20% was the annual turnover rate reported for automotive technicians in a North American automotive workforce study.[25]

Remote Work in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. leisure and hospitality industries, 7.2% of workers did some work at home on average in 2024–2025.[26]
  • Across U.S. service occupations, 6.5% of workers did some work at home on average in 2024–2025.[26]
  • Across U.S. other-services industries, 32.6% of workers did some work at home on average in 2024–2025.[26]
  • Across U.S. education and health-services industries, 28.1% of workers did some work at home on average in 2024–2025.[26]

Hybrid Work in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. professional and business services, 22% of full-time employees were hybrid during December 2023–March 2024.[27]
  • Across U.S. health-care and social-assistance industries, 30% of full-time employees were hybrid during December 2023–March 2024.[27]
  • Across U.S. full-time wage-and-salary employees, 28% worked in a hybrid arrangement during December 2023–March 2024.[27]
  • Among U.S. full-time employees able to work from home, 44.4% were hybrid during December 2023–March 2024.[27]
  • Across U.S. education industries, 44% of full-time employees were hybrid during December 2023–March 2024.[27]

Upskilling in the automobile repair industry

  • 17% of United Kingdom automotive certifications in Q4 2024 were for Level 3 electric or hybrid vehicle system repair and replacement.[28]
  • 61% of heavy-duty repair respondents in 2025–2026 wanted AI to support technician diagnostics or training in the future.[1]
  • 6% was the year-over-year decline in United Kingdom automotive certification volumes reported for Q4 2024.[28]
  • 3% was the decline in United Kingdom automotive apprenticeship starts in early 2024–2025.[28]
  • 23% was the decline in Accident Repair apprenticeship starts in the United Kingdom in early 2024–2025.[28]

Employee Engagement in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 183,000 business units in 53 industries and 90 countries, top-quartile engagement teams achieved 23% higher profitability than bottom-quartile teams in Gallup’s meta-analysis.[29]
  • Across the United States and Canada, 31% of employees were engaged at work in 2025.[29]
  • In the United States, 32% of employees were engaged at work in 2025.[29]
  • Globally, 27% of managers were engaged at work in 2025, down from 30% in 2024.[29]

Change Management in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • In a 2025 U.S. employee survey, 69% said major new product and service launches made their organizations better.[30]
  • Prosci’s 2023 change-management benchmark included 2,668 respondents across 38 industries and 101 countries.[31]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Conversion and trust drive retention. Dealerships lost 12% of service visits to competing providers between 2018 and 2025, while consumers rated shop expertise and appointment availability as very or extremely important.

Customer experience in the automobile repair industry

  • The average U.S. dealership service customer spent $261 compared with $275 at a general repair shop in 2025.[32]
  • 45% of U.S. dealership service customers reported at least one frustration with their service visit in 2025.[32]
  • 85% of U.S. vehicle-service consumers rated customer service very or extremely important when choosing a provider.[33]
  • 86% of U.S. vehicle-service consumers rated shop expertise very or extremely important when choosing a provider.[33]
  • 80% of U.S. vehicle-service consumers rated appointment availability very or extremely important when choosing a provider.[33]

Customer retention in the automobile repair industry

  • Average appointment wait times at U.S. dealerships in 2025 remained longer than during each year from 2018 through 2022.[34]
  • Dealership service satisfaction remained strong for a second consecutive year in the 2025 U.S. Customer Service Index Study.[34]
  • 25% of U.S. vehicle buyers were introduced to the dealership service department during the purchase process in 2025.[32]
  • Dealership service customers in the United States experienced communication shortfalls and incomplete repairs as continuing barriers to retention in 2025.[34]
  • Dealerships in the United States lost 12% of service visits to competing providers between 2018 and 2025.[32]

Customer acquisition in the automobile repair industry

  • 32% of U.S. repair shops partnered with suppliers for co-branded promotions in the IMR survey.[14]
  • 64% of U.S. automotive businesses did not ask phone leads to buy or book an appointment in 2026.[35]
  • 45% of leads from U.S. automotive digital-marketing calls converted during the call in 2026.[35]
  • 58% of callers to U.S. automotive businesses reached a person in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark.[35]
  • 53% of U.S. automotive calls generated by digital marketing were leads in Invoca’s 2026 benchmark.[35]

Customer loyalty in the automobile repair industry

  • Dealerships were losing customers to regular repair shops, quick-oil-change providers and mobile-service companies in the United States in 2025.[32]
  • Good service was associated with greater dealership loyalty across oil changes, repairs, tires and brakes in the United States in 2025.[34]
  • Bad servicing significantly affected brand loyalty among automotive consumers surveyed internationally in 2024.[36]
  • 28.9% of U.S. automotive customers aged 61 and older reported trust in dealerships in Alchemer’s 2026 study.[37]
  • Buying a vehicle from a dealership but servicing it elsewhere was identified as damaging long-term customer loyalty in the United States in 2025.[32]

Lead generation in the automobile repair industry

  • Qualified lead rates among automotive repair businesses ranged from 34.3% to 77.0% in Element DMA’s 2026 call analysis.[38]
  • 58% of callers reached a person at U.S. automotive businesses in 2026.[35]
  • 45% of automotive leads converted on the call in Invoca’s U.S. 2026 benchmark.[35]
  • 64% of U.S. automotive businesses did not ask leads to buy or schedule an appointment in 2026.[35]
  • 53% of calls generated by digital marketing were leads for U.S. automotive businesses in 2026.[35]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Marketing channel mix remains measurable across paid search and social. For example, 45% of auto repair shops used search-engine marketing in the AutoLeap benchmark survey.

Marketing in the automobile repair industry

  • 49% of U.S. auto repair shops used Facebook Ads in the 2023 Ratchet+Wrench industry survey.[21]
  • 39% of U.S. auto repair shops used direct mail in the 2023 Ratchet+Wrench industry survey.[21]
  • 43% of U.S. auto repair shops used Google Ads in the 2023 Ratchet+Wrench industry survey.[21]
  • 72% of repair shops emphasized discounts or value deals in marketing messages in IMR’s survey.[14]
  • 13% of repair shops reduced their marketing budgets because of cost constraints in IMR’s survey.[14]

Digital marketing in the automobile repair industry

  • 32.6% of large repair shops shifted marketing-budget focus toward areas such as digital in IMR’s survey.[14]
  • 27.7% of medium repair shops shifted marketing-budget focus toward areas such as digital in IMR’s survey.[14]
  • 24% of repair shops maintained their marketing budget while shifting focus, such as toward digital channels, in IMR’s survey.[14]
  • 45% of auto repair shops used search-engine marketing to promote their businesses in the AutoLeap benchmark survey.[39]
  • Nearly 60% of auto repair shops used social media as their main marketing tool in the AutoLeap benchmark survey.[39]

Social media in the automobile repair industry

  • 73% of U.S. respondents used YouTube to learn about car-maintenance and repair topics in a 2022 survey.[40]
  • 58% of heavy-duty repair shops used Instagram to advertise in the 2023–2024 survey.[41]
  • 20% of U.S. auto repair shop owners did not have social-media accounts in the 2022 Ratchet+Wrench industry survey.[21]
  • 32% of U.S. respondents used Instagram to learn about car-maintenance and repair topics in a 2022 survey.[40]
  • 30.6% of quick-lube operators used Instagram in the National Oil and Lube News survey.[42]

Influencer Marketing in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among U.S. Gen Z beauty shoppers, 90% bought a beauty product based on an influencer recommendation during the previous year.[43]
  • Across surveyed brands, 83% perceived influencer marketing as effective in 2023.[44]
  • Globally, 40% of brands engaged influencers on an extended basis in 2025, up from 29% previously.[45]
  • Among U.S. home-services businesses, 33% expected to try influencer marketing for the first time in 2026.[46]
  • Across surveyed brands, 54.3% used views, reach, or impressions as their primary influencer-marketing success metric in 2024.[44]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Workflow timing and calibration operations remain core, with cycle-time benchmarks and ADAS-related estimate content showing operational effects; 28.3% of repairable collision estimates included calibration operations in 2025.

Process optimization in the automobile repair industry

  • 30.9 days was the average 2024 cycle time for U.S. hybrid collision repairs through Q3 2024.[47]
  • 28.3% of U.S. repairable collision estimates included calibration operations in 2025.[48]
  • 27% to 28% higher average repair-order values were associated with strong digital-inspection practices in automotive repair-shop data.[49]
  • 2.6 production hours per repair per day was the Canadian collision-repair industry average in 2025.[50]
  • 37.6 days was the average 2024 cycle time from last estimate to vehicle delivery for U.S. electric-vehicle collision repairs through Q3 2024.[47]

Operational efficiency in the automobile repair industry

  • 42% of U.S. auto-repair shops reported technician efficiency between 80% and 100% in the 2024 industry survey.[21]
  • 4.8 hours of touch time per repair per day was the Canadian collision-repair industry average in 2025.[50]
  • 92.716 was the U.S. automotive repair and maintenance labor-productivity index in the first quarter of 2024, with 2017 set to 100.[51]
  • 5.6 hours of touch time per repair per day was recorded among top-performing Canadian collision repairers.[50]
  • 37% of U.S. auto-repair shops reported technician productivity between 80% and 100% in the 2024 industry survey.[21]

Quality management in the automobile repair industry

  • 78% of surveyed consumers in a 2026 automotive-repair study reportedly did not trust their local repair shop.[49]
  • 22% of U.S. independent repair shops reported offering ADAS services in the cited automotive repair market survey.[33]
  • 6.5 percentage points was the increase in the share of U.S. repairable estimates containing calibrations over two years to 2025.[48]
  • 4% of U.S. independent repair-shop owners identified ADAS as one of their three most profitable service categories.[33]
  • 50,000 vehicle inspections were included in the 2026 State of Inspection Intelligence report’s platform data.[49]

Supply chain in the automobile repair industry

  • 42% of service-parts organizations reported turning inventory one to two times per year in 2023.[52]
  • 22.4% of U.S. independent repair-shop owners identified getting parts delivered on time as a major challenge.[53]
  • 45% of U.S. independent repair-shop owners identified finding affordable parts as a major challenge.[53]
  • 22.8% of U.S. independent repair-shop owners identified staying current with diagnostic and software updates as a major challenge.[53]
  • 35% of service-parts respondents either rated their organization’s fill rate below average or did not know its fill rate in 2023.[52]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the home and personal services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 37% of facility organizations worldwide reported increasing their use of outsourcing or contractors in the October–December 2025 survey period.[54]
  • 32% of building-service contractors expected a trend toward increased outsourcing of cleaning tasks, according to a 2024 U.S. market study.[55]
  • 91% of 200 leading food-services and facility-management buyers in the United States and Europe expected their outsourcing budgets to increase over the five years to 2030, based on a 2024 survey.[56]
  • 33% of facilities-maintenance activities were contracted out on average by hospitals in the United States, according to a 2024 operations survey.[57]
  • 43% of facility organizations worldwide reported no change in their use of outsourcing or contractors during October–December 2025.[54]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing pressure is visible across labor rates and per-order spend. At new-vehicle dealerships in 2025, total service and parts averaged $494 per customer repair order.

Pricing strategy in the automobile repair industry

  • $60 was the average flat-fee oil-change price reported by Oregon shops in 2024.[22]
  • $151 was the average general mechanical-shop labor rate reported statewide by Oregon shops in 2024.[22]
  • $239 per hour was the highest diagnostic labor rate reported in the 2024 Oregon mechanical labor-rate survey.[22]
  • 45.3% was the increase in average posted U.S. independent repair-shop labor rates from January 2019 to January 2025.[21]
  • $156 was the typical customer charge for a used part costing an Oregon shop $100 in 2024.[22]

Cost reduction in the automobile repair industry

  • 28% of service-parts organizations reported improving service-parts inventory turns during the previous three years.[52]
  • 17% was the average price premium of electric vehicles over average new-vehicle transactions in October 2024, affecting repair-cost exposure.[47]
  • 15% of service-parts respondents reported average parts profit margins of 41% to 50% in 2023.[52]
  • 70% of New Jersey collision-repair survey respondents reported charging more than $90 per hour for storage in 2025.[58]
  • 5% to 15% was the reported decrease in OEM-part inventory levels for most automotive companies during the second half of 2024.[59]

Profitability in the automobile repair industry

  • 11% of U.S. independent repair shops reported annual revenue of $750,000 to $999,999 in the 2024 Ratchet+Wrench survey.[21]
  • 19% of U.S. independent repair shops reported annual revenue above $2.5 million in the 2024 Ratchet+Wrench survey.[21]
  • Approximately 40% of U.S. repair shops reported net profit margins between 10% and 20% in the 2021 Ratchet+Wrench industry survey.[21]
  • 28% of U.S. independent repair shops identified steering and suspension service as one of their most profitable service categories.[33]
  • 50% of U.S. independent repair shops identified brake service and repair as one of their most profitable service categories.[33]

Financial planning in the automobile repair industry

  • 34% of heavy-duty repair shops said their labor rate was lower than competitors in the 2026 report.[41]
  • $149 was the median heavy-duty repair-shop labor rate in early 2026.[41]
  • 34% of heavy-duty repair shops assessed their labor rate more than once a year in the 2026 report.[41]
  • $135 was the median heavy-duty repair-shop labor rate at the beginning of 2024.[41]
  • 51% of heavy-duty repair shops assessed their labor rate once a year in the 2026 State of Heavy-Duty Repair report.[41]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

ADAS is becoming routine but equipment gaps persist. In 2025, 84% of US independent repair shops were not equipped to perform ADAS work.

Product development in the automobile repair industry

  • 7% of repairs performed by U.S. repair shops in the latest IMR survey required ADAS consideration.[14]
  • 9% of repairs at U.S. shops with eight or more bays required ADAS consideration in the latest IMR survey.[14]
  • 57% of U.S. independent auto repair shop owners surveyed in 2023 planned to invest in EV repair over the following five years.[21]
  • 84% of U.S. independent repair shops surveyed in 2023 were not equipped to perform ADAS work.[21]
  • 46% of U.S. independent auto repair shop owners surveyed in 2023 planned investment in ADAS services over the following five years.[21]

Product lifecycle in the automobile repair industry

  • 284 million registered vehicles were in the United States in the 2024 J.D. Power aftermarket-service market description.[34]
  • 72% of U.S. owners of cars two years old or newer returned to the selling dealership for service in 2023.[32]
  • 12.8 years was the average age of cars in the United States in 2025.[32]
  • 70% of U.S. vehicle maintenance, repair, oil-change and tire revenue was captured by aftermarket providers in the 2024 J.D. Power market description.[34]
  • 12% fewer service visits were handled by U.S. dealerships in 2025 than in 2018.[32]

After-sales in the automobile repair industry

  • 12.4% of U.S. dealership income came from service and parts in 2023.[32]
  • More than 270 million repair orders were handled by U.S. dealerships in 2024.[32]
  • 50% of U.S. customers whose dealer repair was not completed correctly said they returned or planned to return to the dealership in 2025.[34]
  • 12% of U.S. dealer-service repairs were not completed correctly on the first visit in 2025.[34]
  • 45% of U.S. vehicle owners reported at least one frustration with their dealership service experience in 2025.[32]

Value proposition in the automobile repair industry

  • 57 points lower was premium BEV owner satisfaction than premium ICE owner satisfaction at U.S. dealerships in 2025.[34]
  • 829 points was the average satisfaction score for a mass-market recall service at U.S. dealerships in 2025.[34]
  • 888 points was Cadillac’s 2025 U.S. dealer-service satisfaction score among premium brands.[34]
  • 912 points was Porsche’s 2025 U.S. dealer-service satisfaction score among premium brands.[34]
  • 858 points was the average satisfaction score when a mass-market recall service was combined with an oil change at U.S. dealerships in 2025.[34]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Lower-emissions repair practices show large deltas versus new components in reported calculations; using used components reduced carbon emissions by approximately 76% compared with new components in Werksta’s 2024 calculations.

Sustainability in the automobile repair industry

  • Using used components reduced carbon emissions by approximately 76% compared with new components in Werksta’s 2024 repair calculations.[60]
  • 85% of surveyed UK body shops used recycled parts for less than 10% of total parts in 2022.[61]
  • Stellantis operated 30 active e-repair centers in 2025, up from 24 in 2024.[62]
  • Repairing original usable parts produced approximately 83% lower emissions than fitting new spare parts in Werksta’s 2024 Green Repair calculations.[60]
  • The UK insurance-repair recycled-parts market grew by between 10% and 20% from 2021 to 2022.[61]

ESG in the automobile repair industry

  • 90% of end-of-life-vehicle material was recycled across France, Belgium and Luxembourg by Stellantis in 2025.[62]
  • 30 e-repair centers were active across Stellantis operations in 2025.[62]
  • 74% of surveyed UK body shops increased recycled-parts usage in 2022, with customer ESG commitments identified as one driver of growth.[61]
  • 85% of Stellantis products were reported as recyclable by content in 2025.[62]

Ethics in the automobile repair industry

  • 28% of surveyed U.S. drivers always asked a friend or loved one for a second opinion on a mechanic’s recommendation in 2023.[63]
  • 9% of surveyed U.S. drivers said they never trusted mechanics in 2023.[63]
  • 69% of surveyed U.S. drivers said their trust in mechanics depended on the individual mechanic in 2023.[63]
  • 78% of surveyed U.S. drivers said they did not always trust their mechanics in a 2023 ConsumerAffairs survey.[63]
  • 55% of surveyed U.S. drivers mainly sought outside advice when a mechanic’s recommendation involved an expensive task in 2023.[63]

Circular economy in the automobile repair industry

  • 74% of surveyed collision shops repaired plastic parts often or sometimes in 2026.[48]
  • 27% of MEMA Aftermarket Suppliers member companies had a remanufacturing business in 2026.[64]
  • 85% of surveyed UK body shops used recycled parts for less than 10% of their total parts in 2022.[61]
  • The U.S. automotive and commercial-vehicle remanufacturing aftermarket could approach $30 billion by 2030.[64]
  • 74% of surveyed UK body shops increased recycled-parts usage in 2022.[61]

Carbon footprint in the automobile repair industry

  • Using a repaired spare part reduced emissions by 83% compared with using a new spare part in Werksta’s 2024 calculations.[60]
  • Repairing a damaged plastic, glass or metal part produced 61 kg CO2e in Werksta’s 2024 calculations, compared with 254 kg CO2e for a new spare part.[60]
  • 22,000 digital photo inspections were conducted in Werksta’s operations in 2024.[60]
  • Using a used spare part reduced emissions by 76% compared with using a new spare part in Werksta’s 2024 calculations.[60]
  • Approximately 79,000 kg of carbon dioxide was saved annually through Werksta’s digital photo inspections in 2024.[60]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Networks extend across borders through distribution and service footprints. Driven Brands operated 5,200 automotive-service locations across 49 US states and 13 other countries in 2024.

Globalization in the automobile repair industry

  • $2.26 trillion was the estimated global automotive aftermarket size across 130 countries in 2025.[18]
  • 1.61 billion vehicles were in operation globally in 2025, supporting worldwide repair and maintenance demand.[18]
  • 5,200 automotive-service locations operated across 49 U.S. states and 13 other countries in 2024 through Driven Brands.[17]
  • 575 automotive locations operated across Australasia within Genuine Parts Company’s distribution network at December 31, 2024.[17]
  • 2,615 automotive locations operated in Europe within Genuine Parts Company’s global automotive distribution network at December 31, 2024.[17]

Supplier management in the automobile repair industry

  • 75 automotive distribution centers supported Genuine Parts Company’s North American automotive operations at December 31, 2024.[17]
  • 10,008 automotive locations formed Genuine Parts Company’s distribution network serving repair shops and autocare service centers in 2024.[17]
  • 45% of Motion’s annual sales came from national-account customers in 2025, highlighting the importance of major customer relationships.[17]
  • More than 500 NAPA stores were acquired from independent owners and competitive stores by Genuine Parts Company in 2024.[17]
  • 3,622 company-owned automotive stores were operated by Genuine Parts Company at December 31, 2024.[17]

Stakeholder management in the automobile repair industry

  • 600 garages and workshops were surveyed across 13 major automotive markets in Roland Berger’s 2025 aftermarket study.[68]
  • 12.8 years was the average age of vehicles on U.S. roads in 2024, increasing the need for repair and maintenance services.[16]
  • 25% of consumers who had bought automotive parts online said they would not do so again in Roland Berger’s 2025 survey.[19]
  • 239 million licensed drivers were served by the U.S. light-duty automotive aftermarket in 2024.[16]
  • 52 collision centers were operated by AutoNation at December 31, 2024, alongside its vehicle retail and service operations.[17]

Distribution channels in the automobile repair industry

  • 198 new-vehicle franchises and 37 collision centers were operated by Asbury Automotive Group at December 31, 2024.[17]
  • 133 new-vehicle franchises and 16 collision repair centers were operated by Sonic Automotive’s franchised-dealership segment in 2024.[69]
  • 1,288 company-operated stores and 50 Car-X franchised locations were operated by Monro in fiscal 2024.[17]
  • $47 billion in online automotive-parts and accessories sales was forecast for 2025, up 50% from 2020.[18]
  • 463 franchised and 718 company-operated Take 5 Oil locations were operating at December 28, 2024.[17]

Key questions about the automobile repair industry

What is the US light-vehicle aftermarket size in 2025?
The light-vehicle aftermarket is $435 billion in 2025.
How fast is the broader US light-vehicle aftermarket expected to grow by 2028?
It is projected to exceed $500 billion by 2028, from $435 billion in 2025, implying about 4.7% annual growth.
Which companies lead the automobile repair industry?
Mobivia and Caliber Collision Holdings are tied at the top of Gitnux's 2026 automobile repair ranking with an Overall score of 9.5 each.
Which AI-enabled steps do US auto-repair shops report using in 2025?
In 2025, 59% used AI digital vehicle inspections and 61% used AI estimate generators. Also, 52% used AI scheduling software.
How fragmented is the automobile repair market structure?
The industry remains fragmented across dealerships, independent garages, franchise networks and specialist chains.
What operational constraints affect capacity in repair shops?
Technician shortages constrain capacity; 18% of US collision repair shops identified a shortage of qualified technicians as their biggest challenge in 2025.
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