Car Count

[bigdonstang]

I was wondering what everyone's average daily car count was as well as average repair order. Also how many bays are guys running? We operate 3 bays with 2 full time techs and we are averaging 7 cars a day at around $150 per ticket. Seems low to me.

[Joe Marconi]

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[mccannable]

6 bays, 1 lead tech, 1.9 cars a day avg $340 a ticket this month. Avg is high due to a few big dollar sales. We opened end of January. Our ytd avg is around $220.

[mmotley]

Quick question, which the answer may be obvious, but the average car count for the month... Is it figured on total RO's divided by 30-31, or is it divided by the total number of days the shop was open for business?

[Dustin Rutkowski]

2 Bays, 2 Techs, Daily average car count is 2.8 with an average ticket of $420

[Gonzo]

I scaled my shop down from 10 bays down to 6 work bays. (Moved all the brake lathes, used oil tank, drill press etc. into one unused bay. I run about 5 to 6 cars a day... sometimes more...sometimes a whole lot less. Like "0" (ROFL..) Average ticket... 300 sometimes higher sometimes less. Most of the stuff I do is electronic in nature. Reflash, dash gauges, battery drains, component replacement, rewires, custom stuff... etc.

 

Hopefully, I can close the shop in a few more years... getting older, slowing down, and all the writing I do is taking up a great deal of my daily activities. So there's more going on than in the shop most days.

 

[Tires Too]

A common bench mark in the industry is 3 to 4 cars per day per tech, ARO of $300 (but varies significantly on your vehicle mix and your area of work - Euro's higher - Transmission shops higher etc). I think that is a good goal for you to shoot for. We average 14 cars per day at just about that ARO.

[ncautoshop]

We do bigger jobs, and I'm pretty much wearing all the hats. I run an average of 1.5-2 cars daily with a ARO of 445.28.

 

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[ScottyP]

I'm a one man shop with 2 bays, one for vehicles and one for trailers. I average 2.5 or a little better cars per day and 1 trailer(more lately - slammed). My jobs mostly consist of brakes, wheel bearings, trailer hitch installs and trailer repairs(easy in and out work with high margins). Hitch and wiring installs average $525 per ticket so keeps my average up, which I would guess at $350 per job. Trailers can be big tickets as well, new brakes, bearings, seals, lighting repairs can be $700, more with new hubs/drums. Not at the shop to get actuals atm. Ready to hire help, can barely keep up and booked out a week or more.