2.1.4.1Vertical

Auto Glass Replacement Shops

Companies installing new windshields and auto glass for vehicles.

Market snapshot

These figures describe Auto Glass & Windshield Services (2.1.4), the segment that Auto Glass Replacement Shops sits within. They are not figures for Auto Glass Replacement Shops on its own.

Market size
~$7.5B
Growth
~11.8%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
Companies
~5,597 firms
Firms by employee count

97.3% of firms have fewer than 20 employees: 5,445 micro-businesses, below most mandates.

The investable universe152 firms with 20+ employees
20–99
12482%
100–499
139%
500+
1510%

growth reflects ADAS recalibration lifting revenue per job.

NAICS 811122. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Statistics of U.S. Businesses; U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census.

Business model & economics

Revenue model

Insurance-funded glass replacement plus ADAS recalibration

Key economics

Revenue per firm
$1,342,559
Revenue per employee
$195,710
Employees per firm
6.6
Recurring revenue
Low

claim-driven, but steady volume

EBITDA margin
12–22%
Capex intensity
Low

Characteristics

  • Scale-driven: payroll is only 23% of revenue, so the cost base is assets, not headcount
  • Thin strategic-buyer pool: only 15 firms exceed 500 employees, so exits skew sponsor-to-sponsor
  • ADAS recalibration lifts revenue per job and technical complexity.
  • Insurance-funded demand provides steady volume.
  • Scale and insurer relationships favor national operators.

NAICS 811122. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Statistics of U.S. Businesses; U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census.

Geographic concentration

AlabamaAlaskaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaHawaiiIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode IslandArizonaNew MexicoMississippiIdaho

Auto-glass and windshield services over-index across the rural South and Southwest (Mississippi, Arizona, New Mexico and Idaho), where long highway miles and sun-and-gravel damage lift replacement demand well above the national rate.

MississippiArizonaNew MexicoIdaho

NAICS 811122. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Statistics of U.S. Businesses (firms by state). Concentration shown by location quotient.

M&A deal context

Deal activityModerate

Who’s acquiring

  • National auto-glass platforms
  • PE-backed glass consolidators
  • Regional operators

What’s driving deals

  • ADAS recalibration raising value and favoring scale.
  • Consolidation of regional and independent glass shops.
  • Insurer-network economics rewarding national operators.

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