IDS Marine Dealership Industry Insights

Dealership Industry Insights is published monthly by IDS Marine, an MRAA Education Champion. This visual report shares unit sales, F&I insights and repair event cycle time (RECT) benchmarks based on aggregated data from marine dealerships across the nation.

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January 2026 Marine RECT Recap

• Repair event cycle times at U.S. marine dealerships increased in January 2026.
  • The average RECT rose to 63 days, up from 45 days the month prior.
  • January had the slowest average of the previous 8 years going from 2018-2025, and was 11 days longer than January 2025.

• The main bottlenecks — warranty coverage and out of stock parts — RECT increases in January.
  • Work orders with warranty coverage averaged 78 days, a 10-day increase from December’s average.
  • Work orders with out-of-stock parts averaged 71 days. That was up 10 days from December 2025.

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2025 Marine RECT Recap

• Repair event cycle time (RECT) at U.S. marine dealerships increased in December 2025.
  • The average RECT rose to 45 days, up from 32 days in November.
  • The average RECT in December 2025 (45 days) is similar to the previous four years (2021–2024), and slightly higher than most pre-pandemic years.
• Both main bottlenecks — warranty coverage and out-of-stock parts — saw cycle times increase in December.
  • Work orders with warranty coverage averaged 68 days, a slight increase from November’s 64 days.
  • Out-of-stock part work orders averaged 61 days, up from November’s 51 days.

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2024 Marine RECT Recap

Have questions about the infographic or RECT information? Please contact Don Miller, IDS Marine Senior Data Innovation Manager.