Numbers: Introducing the 2025 Ratchet+Wrench Industry Survey  

July 1, 2025
This year's Ratchet+Wrench Industry Survey Report adds new data to examine the impact of AI and the effect of tariffs.

Featuring data collected from nearly 200 auto repair shops across the United States, the 2025 Ratchet+Wrench Industry Survey Report remains your trusted resource year after year for an at-a-glance look at the independent auto repair industry as reported by your peers. 

Notable trends highlighted in this year’s report include a shift in shop owners’ gender, younger owners, and shops earning higher revenues. 

In each of its four sections—Industry Overview, KPI, Leadership and Tech+Tools—you’ll get comparative data segmented by category to give you benchmarks that help you visualize how your operations align with auto repair shops the same size and scope as yours. 

For the first time, the Ratchet+Wrench Industry Survey Report examines the impact of AI tools in the auto repair shop and the effect of tariffs.  

All this and more come packaged in this 32-page report available to you for free.

About the Author

Chris Jones | Editor

Chris Jones is Group Editorial Director for the Vehicle Repair Group at Endeavor Business Media. He’s a multiple-award-winning editor and journalist and a certified project manager now providing editorial leadership and brand strategy for the auto care industry's most trusted automotive repair publications—Ratchet+Wrench, Modern Tire Dealer, National Oil & Lube News, FenderBender, ABRN, Professional Distributor, PTEN, Motor Age, and Aftermarket Business World.

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