Reports: Dealership profits will fall, but dealers still optimistic about 2025

Dealership profits are expected to fall in 2025 – but franchise dealers are still bullish on what’s ahead this year.

That’s one finding of a pair of reports issued this month by buy-sell advisory firms based on survey data and projections for the coming 12 months.

The 2024 Kerrigan Dealer Survey, a survey of more than 635 franchise dealers conducted by Kerrigan Advisors late last year, found an equal number (43%) believe ...