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Local market data · AI for car dealerships

Car dealerships by US metro, 2022

The US had 21,835 car dealerships with paid staff in 2022, employing 1,110,728 people at an average of $82,170 a year. 20% have fewer than 10 staff and the average has 50.9 people. New York has the most of the big metros listed here, with 894.

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Car dealerships in the biggest US metros

MetroBusinessesEmployeesAvg payUnder 10 staffRank of 387
New York89443,629$94,73823%1st
Los Angeles68538,648$101,57634%2nd
Chicago55631,148$82,76217%3rd
Philadelphia38620,688$79,92516%4th
Dallas38227,209$97,75424%5th
Miami36326,346$101,43135%6th
Boston32915,328$88,73918%7th
Washington30923,300$86,28816%8th
Houston30824,173$92,77723%9th
Atlanta29020,444$95,31717%10th

Each metro page adds the size mix, a calculator for what your team's admin hours cost at local pay, and the jobs car dealerships hand to AI first.

Where these numbers come from

The U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (released 2024), NAICS 441110 (New car dealers). Businesses with paid employees only. More metros are added as each set is checked. Page checked 2026-11-12.

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