Average New-Car Sales Per U.S. Dealer to Drop by 25 Units

The average number of cars sold per U.S. dealership this year will fall to 940 from 965 last year as the overall market cools, says Detroit-based Urban Science Applications Inc.

The market research firm says the number of new-car dealerships in the U.S. has stabilized at 18,200 facilities. But the overall market is down 3% so far this year from last year’s record volume of 17.55 million units, so sales per outlet will decline.

Urban Science reports 98% of local markets have shown no net change in retail outlets in recent years.