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54% -- dealership service retention rate for US dealerships (vehicles 2 years old or newer) (2025)

2025  · Cox Automotive

In 2025, a Cox Automotive study found that only 54% of customers with vehicles 2 years old or newer returned to the selling dealership for service.

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US dealerships (vehicles 2 years old or newer)
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Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Cox Automotive study on dealership service retention

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US dealerships (vehicles 2 years old or newer): 54% dealership service retention rate. Source: Cox Automotive (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/cox-dealership-service-retention-2yr-vehicles-2025
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