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Traffic Volume Declined in February Compared to Previous Year

May 3, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Traffic Volume

Compared to the same month the previous year, traffic volume decreased for the first time in four years Travel volume in February decreased on a year-over-year basis. The decline marks the first lower traffic volume rate since back to back declines in January and February 2014. Increased driving, coupled with higher numbers of new, insured […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Traffic Volume

Independent Collision Repair Facility Population Continues to Increase in the U.S.

April 20, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision Repair Facility Population

Latest data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the number of independent collision repair facilities grew in 2016. Combined dealer and independent shop population up. The latest available data from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns annual research series covering 2016 shows that the number of independent collision repair businesses with payroll increased […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Collision Repair Facility Population, Shop Population

Collision Claims Down in Fourth Quarter

April 18, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Auto physical damage indicators influencing the collision repair industry declined for the second quarter in a row during the fourth quarter of 2017. Claims and losses continue above year ago levels. According to the latest available Fast Track Monitoring system data from the Independent Statistical Service Inc. (ISS), private passenger collision claims declined and losses […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Claims, Losses

Collision Repair Industry Production Down in December

April 12, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision Repair Business Conditions

Production was down in December versus 2016 and November. For the year, production was up compared to 2016. Production hourly wage up over 13 percent. An analysis of the latest data released from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), shows that collision repair industry production in December continued to decline slightly […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Collision Repair Industry Production

Collision Repair Industry Business Conditions: Q4 2017

April 6, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision Repair Business Conditions Q4 2017

Collision repair shops reporting higher sales down slightly compared to 2016. Shops reporting higher earnings declined in the fourth quarter. The CollisionWeek quarterly survey of business conditions reported by collision repair facility owners and managers indicates that the overall percentage of facilities with higher sales was down slightly in the fourth quarter of 2017 compared […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Business Conditions

Percentage of Dealers Operating Auto Body Shops Up in 2017

March 28, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

While the percentage of dealers operating facilities is up, dealership collision repair shop sales decreased last year versus 2016. According to the latest research from the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), the percentage of dealership operating on-site body shops was up in 2017 versus the previous year. NADA’s research pegs the percentage of dealers operating […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Auto Dealers, National Automobile Dealers Association, Shop Population

Largest Auto Insurers Continue to Grow Market Share in the U.S.

March 27, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Auto Insurance Market Share

The largest private passenger auto insurers in the U.S. continued to capture greater market share in 2017. Change in rank of top 10 auto insurers. Since 2000, the largest private passenger automobile insurers in the U.S. have been steadily growing their combined market share and more than half of all private passenger auto insurance in […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Auto Insurance

U.S. Auto Body Repair Prices, Auto Insurance Outpaced Inflation Through February

March 21, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Auto Body Prices February 2018

Auto body repair prices in February were up less than three percent compared to year ago. Auto insurance prices were up almost 10 percent during the same period. The most recent government figures on inflation through February 2018 indicate the rate of growth of auto body repair prices has declined somewhat over the past few […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Auto Body Repair Prices, Auto Insurance Affordability, consumer price index, Inflation

Traffic Volume Gains Continued in December

March 15, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Traffic Volume

December traffic grew 0.7 percent for the month compared to 2016. Travel for the full year up 1.2 percent. Travel volume in December continued to increase, though the rate was lower than experienced in the U.S. in recent years. The growth is continuing the trend of increased driving that supports higher collision repair industry volume […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Traffic Volume

Collision Repair Industry Production Up in November

February 8, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision Repair Industry Production November 2017

While below the record levels of weekly production recorded earlier this year, production was up in November versus 2016, but down from October. An analysis of the latest data released from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), shows that collision repair industry production in November continued to decline slightly from the […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Collision Repair Industry Production

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