
U.S. auto dealerships - net profit as a share of sales 2017
This statistic illustrates the ratio between U.S. franchised new-car dealerships' net profits before tax and sales from 2015 to 2017. In 2017, the average franchised new light vehicle dealership in the United States had net profit before tax of just under 1.4 million U.S. dollars, compared to total sales of almost 60 million U.S. dollars; net profit as a percentage of sales was 2.3 percent.