Auto physical damage indicators influencing the collision repair industry increased in the first quarter of 2017. Losses on collision claims up nearly 10 percent compared to previous year. According to the latest available Fast Track Monitoring system data from the Independent Statistical Service Inc. (ISS), private passenger collision claims and losses continued to grow in […]
Collision Repair Industry Production at Record Levels in April
Growth returns in to the collision repair industry in April after a down month in February and soft March results. An analysis of the latest data released from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), shows that total production for the collision repair industry was up in April to record levels. April’s […]
Collision Repair Industry Market Profile by State
Key statistics on the collision repair industry including the number of independent and dealer facilities, non-employer receipts and estimated market size by U.S. state. With the latest statistics available from U.S. Government sources, combined with data from the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), and CollisionWeek original research we can now provide a detailed analysis of […]
Collision Repair Industry Business Conditions: Q1 2017
Collision repair shops reporting higher sales and earnings overall compared to 2016 decreased during the first 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 decreased in the first quarter of 2017 compared to 2016. The overall percentage […]
Traffic Volume Growth Bounces Back in April
After the blizzard in the Northeast impacted March vehicle traffic, April’s growth rate was 50 percent higher. Traffic volume up 1.2 percent for the month. Travel volume in April rebounded after slower growth in March, continuing the trend of increased driving that has led to the growth in both auto physical damage insurance claims and […]
U.S. Body Repair Prices, Auto Insurance and Inflation Through May 2017
Auto body repair prices in May up more than two percent compared to year ago. Auto insurance prices were up 7 percent during the same period. The most recent government figures on inflation through May 2017 indicate the rate of growth of auto body repair prices continue to increase slightly above the rate of inflation […]
Backyard Competition: Analysis of U.S. Collision Repair Non-Employers
The number of small collision repairers in the U.S. without employees, and their sales, remain near record levels. As the collision repair industry continues to grow following the recession as evidenced by our reports detailing the number of independent repair facility with payroll and collision repair production, the number of smaller repairers, those without payroll, […]
Collision Repair Industry Production Up in March
After hitting record levels in December and January, production declined in both February but recovered slightly in March. An analysis of the latest data released from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), shows that total production for the collision repair industry was up in March versus the previous month and up […]
Traffic Volume Up 0.8% in March
Blizzard in Northeast led to decline in traffic for the month in the region. Other regions see increases. Travel data in March continued the trend of increased driving that has led to the growth in both auto physical damage insurance claims and collision repair industry volume across the U.S. Travel for the month of March […]
Collision Repair Labor Rates for Aluminum Show Wide Variation by Market in the U.S.
Our comparison of average steel body and structural labor rates to cosmetic aluminum and structural rates shows wide variations by Metropolitan Statistical Area. As collision repair facilities have invested in aluminum repair capabilities, by far one of the most common questions we get from readers on both the repair and insurance side of the industry, […]
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