It was calculated, that in 2021 U.S. car dealers spent on average 48 thousand U.S. dollars on radio advertising. The largest expenditures were devoted to internet, where an average dealership ad spending surpassed 312 thousand dollars. In total, car dealers in the U.S. spent 8.19 billion dollars on advertising in 2021.
U.S. car dealers' average advertising spending in 2021, by medium (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)
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National Automobile Dealers Association. (January 12, 2022). U.S. car dealers' average advertising spending in 2021, by medium (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/252363/us-car-dealers-average-ad-spend-by-medium/
National Automobile Dealers Association. "U.S. car dealers' average advertising spending in 2021, by medium (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 12, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252363/us-car-dealers-average-ad-spend-by-medium/
National Automobile Dealers Association. (2022). U.S. car dealers' average advertising spending in 2021, by medium (in 1,000 U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252363/us-car-dealers-average-ad-spend-by-medium/
National Automobile Dealers Association. "U.S. Car Dealers' Average Advertising Spending in 2021, by Medium (in 1,000 U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252363/us-car-dealers-average-ad-spend-by-medium/
National Automobile Dealers Association, U.S. car dealers' average advertising spending in 2021, by medium (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252363/us-car-dealers-average-ad-spend-by-medium/ (last visited January 27, 2023)
U.S. car dealers' average advertising spending in 2021, by medium (in 1,000 U.S. dollars) [Graph], National Automobile Dealers Association, January 12, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/252363/us-car-dealers-average-ad-spend-by-medium/