Скачать или смотреть 2025 Industry Benchmark Released! Part 1 of 3

In this episode of Business by the Numbers, Hunt Demarest, CPA at Paar Melis & Associates, breaks down the 2025 Automotive Repair Shop Benchmark Report (Part 1). Discover how real-world shop data shows trends in sales, profit, productivity, and where top-performing shops separate themselves from the rest. This isn’t based on surveys—it’s actual accounting data from hundreds of shops.

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Chapters
0:00: Introduction
0:54 Have questions? [email protected]
1:16: Promotive – Automotive Staffing Solution – beyond traditional agencies
2:18 Why did we put this benchmark together and what are the metrics we’re looking for?
7:55 Metric: Overall Average Sales have decreased
9:37 Average monthly sales – what this number really stands for and how to use it.
11:04 Average sales per technician/bay/advisor – variables to look out for
13:00 labor gross profit, parts gross profit, and shop supply sales
13:34 Overall profit percentage?
14:23 Advertising as a percentage of sales
17:12 Education and rent as a percentage of sales
17:36 Overall expenses decreased
17:58 Overall profit & Owners pay
19:08 How involved are the owners?
20:35 Average repair order (up) and overall car count (down)
21:35 What you measure isn’t what you’re thinking (car count down doesn’t necessarily mean customers are down)
21:55 How many times are you seeing your customers?
24:37 Labor Rate
25:50 Productivity (directly related to profit)
30:40 DVI, Shop Management Tech, Health insurance, Retirement, Coaching Companies, Tech Pay Plan, Service Advisors
33:00 Conclusion

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