Characteristics of the Most Profitable Collision Shops

Feb. 1, 2017

How can your collision center join the upper echelon of profitability? A look at FenderBender’s 2016 KPI Survey suggests efficiency is paramount.

It should come as no surprise that there’s a correlation between shop efficiency, productivity and profitability. Here’s a look at a few key metrics among the respondents to FenderBender’s 2016 KPI Survey that claimed an overall net profit margin of 16 percent or higher.

48.9% have an average technician productivity of 110% or higher

58% have a touch time of four or more hours a day

71% have an average key-to-key cycle time of seven days or less

76% have an average job-start-to-job-completion cycle time of seven days or less

84% boast an average technician efficiency of 120% or better

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