... IndustrySegmentsThefollowingchartbreaksdownthesegmentswithinthe auto repair industry.1Generalautomotive repair 85.60%6.70%5.70%2.00%IndustrySegmentsGeneralAutomotive Repair AutomotiveTransmission Repair &MaintenanceAllOtherRepairsAutomotiveExhaust Repair Thissegmenthasgrownasapercentageofoverallindustryrevenueinthepastfiveyears,andisexpectedtoincrease.Businessesthatmakeupthissegmentprovideallinclusiveservices.Theseservicesinclude:diagnostics,alternatorandstarterrebuilding,no‐startanddriv ... ability,fuelinjectioncleaning,timingbeltchange,tune‐up,clutches,brakeservice,plusmanyotherservices.Itisreportedthateachyeartheaverage repair shopreplacesbetween25to30engines.AutomotivetransmissionIncludedinthiscategoryis:hydraulic,electronic,andcomputersystems.Thissegmentisexpectedtomaintainitscurrentpercentageofthemarketsegmentforthenextfiveyears.Automotiveexhaust repair Thissegmentismadeupofmechanicswhospecializeinthe repair andinstallationofautomotiveexhaustsystems.Overthepastfiveyearsthissegmenthasbeencontractingasaresultofimprovedtechnologies.Non‐corrosivestainlesssteelpartshaveextendedthelivesofpartsinexhaustsystemsapproximately10yearsandthathasdecreasedtheneedforrepairs.OtherrepairsOtherrepairsinclude:tune‐ups,tireretreading,automotiveelectrical repair, fuelsystemconversion,batteryandignition repair, andgeneratorandstarter repair. Approximately17.2%ofotherrepairscomefromradiatorrepairs. ... $56,365Thetableabovebreaksdownaveragesalaryfor auto repair shops intheU.S.Sixty‐fivepercentof shops haveatleastoneemployeewhohasbeenemployedwiththemformorethantwentyyears.Belowisalistofsomeofthefringebenefitsofferedbysome shops: • 77%of shops offermedicalcoverage• 65%of shops offeruniforms• 93%of shops offerpaidvacations• 67%of shops offerpaidtrainingandeducation• 28%of shops offera401Kplan•...