The NADA Data financial profile of new-car dealerships is now published twice a year—as a full annual review at year-end and as a midyear update.

This full 2021 review features the many major milestones achieved by the retail auto industry during the year, including such highlights as: • The nation’s 16,676 franchised light-vehicle dealers sold 14.9 million light-duty vehicles.

• Total light-vehicle dealership sales topped $1.18 trillion.

• Dealerships wrote more than 271 million repair orders, with total service and parts sales exceeding $125 billion.