Sound Off! New Jersey Automotive’s Annual Industry Survey Returns in October

Attention all automotive repair professionals in the Garden State! We want to hear from you! 

Beginning October 1, the annual New Jersey Automotive Industry Survey will be giving repair professionals all across the state an opportunity to sound off about all the things they contend with daily in this ever-changing industry. 

For close to a decade, New Jersey Automotive has been collecting data from the automotive community yearly, building up a resource of interesting facts and trends about the industry with the results published in the magazine every December.

It’ll be interesting to see what repairers have to say about their readiness for further advanced vehicle technology, what the newest expected challenges are and which insurance companies give them the most headaches. Will Allstate, Progressive and State Farm once again be crowned the notorious big three?!

Last year, we asked repairers if they perform ADAS calibrations in-house or sublet with 48 percent of readers reporting they sublet out. With more and more repair shops expanding into the ADAS calibration universe, we look forward to seeing how this number may have changed since last year. 

Shops continued to report that their crew is aging out with more than 90 percent of respondents over the past few years claiming to have employees over the age of 50; however, interesting to note that the number of youngest employees between the ages of 18-25 seemed to be growing, with 70 percent of survey takers having an employee in that age bracket. Is that still the case in 2025?

The 2024 survey revealed some positive outlooks for the industry. One hundred percent of survey takers reported their current state of business at a five or higher, the highest rate reported since 2021. Stay tuned to see if that perspective has changed over the past 12 months and if repair professionals are beginning to embrace artificial intelligence. 

The survey only takes a few minutes to complete, and the information you share can go a long way in helping to paint a picture of what is really happening in shops across the state. And best of all, one lucky survey respondent will be selected to win a prize courtesy of Greco Publishing! Don’t worry, answers will be kept anonymous, so there is nothing to lose but much to gain! All of the results will be published in the December 2025 issue of New Jersey Automotive available at grecopublishing.com. 

AASP/NJ members can visit aaspnj.org to take the survey or watch their inbox for details. Shops interested in taking the 2025 New Jersey Automotive Industry Survey can email info@grecopublishing.com with the subject line “Industry Survey.”

Want more? Check out the September 2025 issue of New Jersey Automotive!