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Michigan’s new car dealers make a significant contribution to our economy through employment, taxes paid and community involvement.  Consider these numbers…

  • Michigan has about 600 new car dealerships, with an average of 60 employees per dealership.
  • When indirect and induced jobs are added in, that increases to 73,362 total jobs created by Michigan dealerships!
  • $682 MILLION is paid in income taxes (includes income taxes paid for direct, indirect and induced jobs).
  • Michigan dealerships have a $2.0 BILLION payroll.
  • With $25.7 BILLION in total sales, Michigan dealerships account for 21.4% of the state’s total retail sales.

These numbers reflect annual economic activity from 2015.  Read more about the annual contribution of dealerships at www.nada.org/statedata.