In this installment of "The Pulse," we take a closer look at the state of business today at the repair shop level. In this series we will review rolling month-by-month data for the average number of weekly repair orders (ROs) written at General Repair Shops each month. Utilizing data from IMR Inc., this week we look at the numbers for April 2007 through February 2009.
Repair orders continued to rise in February, with IMR’s research showing an average of 66.9 repair orders each week in the second month of 2009. This is up slightly from the month before, which showed an average of 68.2 repair orders for the month. Year over year, the average number of weekly repair orders are up significantly, rising 7.4 points from 59.5 in February 2008.
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