Dealer Profit Index

Quarterly benchmark of override rates, margin loss, and recovery across dealerships. Aggregated anonymized data from DealerInt platform.

Published 2026-02-01 · Updated 2026-02-12

Aggregate metrics

Avg. override rate

4.8%

Avg. margin loss

3.6%

Avg. recovery rate

19.9%

Regional splits

RegionSegmentOverride rateMargin lossRecovery rateSample
US-NortheastFranchise4.2%3.1%18%42
US-NortheastIndependent5.8%4.2%22%28
US-SoutheastFranchise4.5%3.4%16%58
US-SoutheastIndependent6.1%4.5%24%35
US-MidwestFranchise3.9%2.8%20%52
US-MidwestIndependent5.2%3.9%19%31
US-SouthwestFranchise4.3%3.2%17%38
US-SouthwestIndependent5.7%4.1%21%24
US-WestFranchise4%3%19%45
US-WestIndependent5.5%4%23%29

Sample size: 382 dealerships. Data anonymized and aggregated. For methodology, see Research.