Auto Repair Shop Reporting That Shows You Where the Money Goes
See your revenue, ARO, technician performance, and parts margins in one dashboard. Stop pulling numbers manually from invoices.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
What Shop Reporting Covers
Revenue, ARO, car count, labor efficiency, parts margin, technician performance. One dashboard pulls data from all your work orders automatically.
Revenue
Total revenue today, this week, this month. Labor vs parts. What's actually profitable.
ARO (Average Repair Order)
Your ARO per day, per week, per month. Are customers spending more on labor? On parts? Which customer segment has the highest ARO?
Car Count
How many cars came through. How many repeat customers. Customer retention rate. Trend month-over-month.
Labor Efficiency
Hours billed vs hours worked. Labor utilization. Tech productivity. Is your team idle? Overworked? Efficient?
Parts Margin
Your parts cost vs what you charge. Gross margin per part. Which suppliers have the best margins. Total parts profit.
Technician Performance
Each tech's revenue, hours worked, average job size, customer ratings. Who upsells the most. Who closes jobs fastest.
HOW IT WORKS
How Mechanics Builds Reports Automatically
You enter labor, parts, and technician info into work orders. Mechanics automatically calculates revenue, margin, trends, and tech performance. Reports build themselves.
Work Order = Data
Every work order in Mechanics has labor hours, parts used, technician assigned, labor rate, parts cost. Data is already there.
Invoice = Final Number
When you invoice the customer, Mechanics locks in the revenue number. No manual math. No spreadsheets.
Reports Build Themselves
Mechanics automatically calculates revenue, margin, tech performance, trends. You just view the dashboard.
Export for Accounting
All reports can be exported to Excel, PDF, or sent to your accountant. No re-entry. Clean data.
KEY REPORTS
Key Reports Every Shop Needs
Daily Revenue Report
See if yesterday was a good day. How much labor, how much parts. Quick dashboard check before the next day starts.
Weekly Business Snapshot
How was the week? Compare to last week. Are we trending up or down. What drove the difference.
ARO Breakdown
Know your average repair order. Labor? Parts? Customization? See it by customer type or by tech.
Tech Scorecard
Each tech's revenue, jobs completed, average job size, customer satisfaction. Who's performing. Who's struggling.
Parts Margin Report
Every part you sold, what you paid, what you charged, gross margin. Find parts that are underpriced.
Month-Over-Month Trends
Revenue trend. Car count trend. ARO trend. Are you growing? Stable? Declining? What month was best.
WHO IT'S FOR
Built for Shops That Want to Make Better Decisions
Shop owners who don't know if they're actually profitable
Shops that pull numbers manually from invoices
Shops trying to understand why some months are great and others aren't
Shops with multiple technicians (need to compare performance)
Shops that want to raise prices but don't know if they can
OUTCOMES
What You'll Know After Week One
Know Your Real ARO
Most shops guess at their ARO. Mechanics shows you the actual number by day, week, month. If it's $180, you see it. If it's dropping, you catch it immediately.
Find Margin Leaks
Some parts are priced too low. Some labor rates don't cover overhead. Mechanics shows you which. Raise prices by 5% in the right places, that's $5-10K/year for a typical shop.
Spot Technician Issues
If a tech is slow, you see it in the data. If another tech upsells more, you see that too. Make staffing decisions on data, not gut feel.
Grow with Confidence
You want to hire another tech. Or buy new equipment. Or raise prices. Mechanics reporting shows if you can afford it. Data-driven decisions.
COMPARISON
Pulling Numbers Manually vs Mechanics Reporting
One approach takes hours. One takes 30 seconds. One shows you everything. The other shows you only what you remember to check.
| Feature | Manual Pull | Mechanics |
|---|---|---|
| Time to see this week's revenue | 1-2 hours (pull invoices, add in Excel) | 30 seconds (open dashboard) |
| Know your ARO | Manual calculation, done weekly or monthly | Automatic, live updated |
| See margin by part | Impossible without a parts database | Built-in, one click |
| Tech performance comparison | Possible but requires manual sorting | Automatic, ranked by revenue and efficiency |
| Month-over-month trends | Manual spreadsheet | Automatic chart, with alerts |
| Identify margin leaks | Requires deep dive, easy to miss | Reports flag underpriced items |
| Export for accounting | Export invoices, still need work | One-click reports, clean data |
| Time spent on reporting per month | 4-6 hours | 0.5-1 hour (reviewing only) |
FOCUS AREAS
The Numbers That Matter Most
ARO (Average Repair Order)
If your ARO is $150 and you see it drop to $120, you catch a problem immediately. Most shops don't know their ARO.
Parts Margin
If you're selling a part for $80 when it costs you $60, you're losing money. Mechanics shows margin by part, so you can adjust pricing.
Labor Utilization
Are your techs busy or idle? Hours billed vs hours worked. If you're at 70%, you need more customers or fewer techs.
Technician Revenue
Which techs bring in the most revenue? Who completes jobs fastest? Data drives coaching and hiring decisions.
Stop Guessing. Know Your Real Numbers
Mechanics reporting is built by people who understand auto repair profit margins. Revenue, ARO, tech performance, parts margin — one dashboard, automatically calculated from your work orders.
See Your Shop's Numbers FreeFree for 30 days. All features included. No credit card required.