What is a good Google rating for auto repair?
The 520 studied auto repair profiles averaged 4.40 stars and 46.2% sat at 4.5 or higher. Below 4.0 sat 9.0%. That describes the profiles studied, not the whole trade.
Original research · Industry · 2026
The auto repair benchmark 2026
Rating, review volume and profile completeness across 520 auto repair profiles in the United States and the Netherlands.
This page is the industry cut of our deep audit. Every figure comes from public fields the Google Places API returned for auto repair; this is observational research, not a survey.
Deep audit 26 August 2026 · free to cite under CC BY 4.0 · source: Google Maps Platform Places API
Research snapshot
- Study
- The Auto repair Benchmark 2026
- Publisher
- RecensioAI B.V.
- Industry
- Auto repair
- Markets
- United States and the Netherlands
- Profiles analyzed
- 520
- US sample
- 340
- Netherlands sample
- 180
- Audit date
- 26 August 2026
- Research type
- Observational analysis
- Source
- Google Maps Platform Places API
- Version
- 1.0
- Published
- 26 August 2026
These figures describe the 520 profiles studied and are not representative of all auto repair in either country. We do not publish individual business names.
1. Key findings
Every figure below uses the same denominator: the 520 studied auto repair profiles, unless a market is explicitly named.
4.40★
average rating for auto repair
US 4.37 · Netherlands 4.47
Auto repair · n=520
46.2% reached 4.5 stars or higher and 9.0% sat below 4.0.
307
median review count
US 456 · Netherlands 154
Auto repair · n=520
The median describes the profiles studied and is not a target for your business.
6.9%
no website was returned
Auto repair · n=520
No phone number for 0.8% either, and no regular opening hours for 1.2%.
82.2
average field coverage (out of 100)
Auto repair · n=520
A RecensioAI measure across six public API fields. Not a Google score and not a claim about quality.
2. United States versus the Netherlands
Ratings sit closer together than review counts: 4.37 versus 4.47 stars, but 456 versus 154 reviews for the median profile.
United States
4.37★
median 456 reviews
n=340
Netherlands
4.47★
median 154 reviews
n=180
3. What was missing on the profiles
Share of the studied profiles for which the Places API did not return the field.
Auto repair (n=520) All six trades
No website
6.9%
9.5%
No phone number
0.8%
5.3%
No regular opening hours
1.2%
3.7%
No photo returned
1.2%
1.8%
Accessibility information was returned for 96.5% of the studied auto repair profiles and an editorial summary for 2.9%.
4. How other trades performed
Same audit, same fields, different cohorts. Each trade has its own benchmark page.
Quick answers from the research
Each answer refers to the profiles studied and names the sample the figure comes from.
How many Google reviews does a auto repair profile typically have?
The median studied profile had 307 reviews: 456 in the US sample (n=340) and 154 in the Netherlands sample (n=180).
How complete are auto repair profiles on Google?
For 6.9% of the studied auto repair profiles the Places API returned no website, for 0.8% no phone number and for 1.2% no regular opening hours. Average field coverage was 82.2 out of 100.
Do auto repair differ between the US and the Netherlands?
In this sample the average rating was 4.37 in the US and 4.47 in the Netherlands, with medians of 456 and 154 reviews. The difference sits mostly in volume, not in rating.
How was this industry benchmark measured?
Through the Google Places API, across 520 unique auto repair profiles in the United States and the Netherlands, audited on 26 August 2026. Observational research, not a survey.
Methodology
We requested 520 unique auto repair profiles through the Google Places API (340 in the US, 180 in the Netherlands) and recorded rating, review count and the presence of six public fields for each.
Trade assignment follows the primary category Google returned. A venue that could be seen as both a café and a restaurant sits in one cohort, not both.
The sample is not weighted to the true business mix of either country, and nothing on this page is a claim about ranking causes.
Version and updates
This is version 1.0, published on 26 August 2026. This URL is permanent: new editions and corrections appear here rather than at a new page, so existing citations keep working.
This study is part of RecensioAI's research programme, where we keep our methodology and every edition. The main study is The State of Local Reputation 2026.
An industry average is context. Your street is useful.
Run a free scan of your Google Business Profile and see how your public signals compare with similar auto repair nearby.
How to cite this research
Journalists, agencies and researchers may use these aggregate figures freely under CC BY 4.0. One condition: cite the source and link back to this page.
RecensioAI (2026). The Auto repair Google Business Profile Benchmark 2026: ratings, review volume and profile completeness across 520 profiles in the United States and the Netherlands. https://recensioai.com/benchmark/car-repair
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