Autobody News used its 19,000 shop email subscribers and social media channels to conduct a survey of collision shops across the country April 17-19, to see how they were coping with the COVID 19 pandemic.

The majority of shops responding were independently owned singe-point shops, perhaps the most vulnerable to volatile market swings. Despite that, and a wide range of available work (most shops operating at 25% to 75% capacity), most seem to be faring reasonably well.

Read AutoBodyNews.com’s “Most Shops Weathering The Storm — So Far