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TrendLens: Interactive Data

Interactive automotive aftermarket industry insights at your fingertips

Use TrendLens™ data platform, exclusively available to you as an Auto Care member, to understand how market influencing factors are affecting the industry and your business.

Including Arity Vehicle Miles Traveled data published just days following the end of the month or week prior.


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Exclusively for our members, TrendLens™ brings the latest economic and industry data together to help inform your business decisions with current, curated and interactive data. Critical to illuminate a COVID-impacted economic landscape, the TrendLens™ team put the project into hyperdrive this year and has continually improved the TrendLens™ flagship dataset – the Demand Index.

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    Regional Demand Index and Economic and Industry Data

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Economic and Industry Indicators

  1. Aftermarket Employment (000s)
  2. Auto Care/NU Business Confidence Index
  3. Auto Care/NU Economic Confidence Index
  4. Auto Parts, Accs. & Tire Stores Sales ($M)
  5. New! Automotive Maintenance & Repair Employment (000s)
  6. New! Avg. Hourly Wages - Automotive Maintenance & Repair
  7. Avg. Hourly Wages - Parts Mfg. Employees
  8. Avg. Hourly Wages - Parts Store Employees
  9. Avg. Hourly Wages - Tire Dealer Employees
  10. Avg. Temp. Deviation (1901-2000 Avg. = 0) [Regional]
  11. Avg. Temperature [Regional]
  12. Capacity Utilization – Vehicles & Parts (%)
  13. Construction Spending ($ Millions)
  14. Consumer Confidence (1985 = 100)
  15. New! Consumer Loans - Credit Cards & Revolving Plans ($B)
  1. Diesel Fuel ($ per Gallon)
  2. Diesel Fuel (1982 = 100) [Regional]
  3. Diesel Fuel Prime Supplier Sales (000s Gallons) [Regional]
  4. Disposable Income ($B)
  5. Durable Goods - Orders ($M)
  6. Durable Goods - Shipments ($M)
  7. Exch. Rates - Broad Composite (2006 = 100)
  8. Gasoline ($ per Gallon)
  9. Gasoline (1982 = 100) [Regional]
  10. Gasoline Prime Supplier Sales (000s Gallons) [Regional]
  11. HD Truck Sales (000s of Units)
  12. Housing Starts (000s Units) [Regional]
  13. Industrial Production - Motor Vehicles & Parts (2017 = 100) - Units
  14. Inflation Rate
  15. Interest Rates - Prime Rate
  16. Light Truck Sales (000s Units)
  17. Metals & Metal Products (1982 = 100) - Producer Prices
  18. Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair (1982-84=100) - Consumer Price
  1. Motor Vehicle Parts & Equipment (1982-84=100) - Consumer Price
  2. Motor Vehicle Parts (1982 = 100) - Producer Prices
  3. New Car Dealers Sales ($M)
  4. New Vehicles (1982-84=100) - Consumer Price [Regional]
  5. Passenger Car Sales (000s Units)
  6. Purchasing Managers Index
  7. Tires & Repair Materials (1982 = 100) - Producer Prices
  8. Total Light Vehicle Sales (000s Units)
  9. Truck Tonnage (2015 = 100)
  10. Unemployment Rate [Regional]
  11. Used Car Dealers Sales ($M)
  12. Used Vehicles (1982-84=100) - Consumer Price [Regional]
  13. VMT (Miles Driven) – U.S. DOT (Millions) [Regional]
  14. VMT (Miles Driven) – Arity (Millions) [Regional]

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Comparing Economic and Industry Indicators: A lot of the power of data comes from the ability to compare and contrast datasets with one another. Looking at one dataset can give you a 2D look; looking at a dataset in relation to others gives you a 3D view. That's why the TrendLens™ team has made sure that all your TrendLens™ data can be cross-examined. You can use TrendLens™ Economic and Industry Indicators section like an insight sandbox to compare any dataset available to you.


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How Can I Use TrendLens™?

 
Product & Category Professionals

With TrendLens™, know what external market factors may be impacting your product groups. Tools like Economic Indicators and Collision Repair Trends make it easier to get a clearer picture of the economic business world surrounding your product. TrendLens'™ Demand Index even lets you see how your products are performing versus the market nationally AND regionally.

 
Marketing Professionals

TrendLens™ helps you understand the impact your marketing strategies are having on your products. Weed out factors that are impacting the industry as a whole, so you can confidently see the influence your marketing work is having. TrendLens'™  Demand Index even lets you see how your marketing efforts are impacting your product performance versus the market nationally AND regionally.

 
Senior Leadership

The world around your business is always changing. TrendLens™ can help you prepare for shifts in the industry with datasets like Economic Indicators and reports like Collision Repair Trends. TrendLens'™ Demand Index lets you see how your products are performing versus the market nationally AND regionally. When you're planning next year's overall business strategy, turn to TrendLens™ for industry insights.

Regional Demand Index and Economic and Industry Data

GEO 4
  WEST

     Arizona
     California
     Colorado
     Idaho
     Montana
     Nevada
     New Mexico
     Oregon
     Utah
     Washington
     Wyoming

  MID WEST

     Illinois
     Indiana
     Iowa
     Kansas
     Michigan
     Minnesota
     Missouri
     Nebraska
     North Dakota
     Ohio
     South Dakota
     Wisconsin

  SOUTH

     Alabama
     Arkansas
     Delaware
     District of Columbia
     Florida
     Georgia
     Kentucky
     Louisiana
     Maryland
     Mississippi
     North Carolina
     Oklahoma
     South Carolina
     Tennessee
     Texas
     Virginia
     West Virginia

  NORTH EAST

     Connecticut
     Maine
     Massachusetts
     New Hampshire
     New Jersey
     New York
     Pennsylvania
     Rhode Island
     Vermont

GEO 9
  PACIFIC

     California
     Oregon
     Washington

  MOUNTAIN

     Arizona
     Colorado
     Idaho
     Montana
     Nevada
     New Mexico
     Utah
     Wyoming

  WEST NORTH CENTRAL

     Iowa
     Kansas
     Minnesota
     Missouri
     Nebraska
     North Dakota
     South Dakota

  EAST NORTH CENTRAL

     Illinois
     Indiana
     Michigan
     Ohio
     Wisconsin

  MIDDLE ATLANTIC

     New Jersey
     New York
     Pennsylvania

  NEW ENGLAND

     Connecticut
     Maine
     Massachusetts
     New Hampshire
     Rhode Island
     Vermont

  WEST SOUTH CENTRAL

     Arkansas
     Louisiana
     Oklahoma
     Texas

  EAST SOUTH CENTRAL

     Alabama
     Kentucky
     Mississippi
     Tennessee

  SOUTH ATLANTIC

     Delaware
     District of Columbia
     Florida
     Georgia
     Maryland
     North Carolina
     South Carolina
     Virginia
     West Virginia

What users are saying

  • Robert Pietrowsky

    I've been using this data to explain the recent surge in DIY channel share. Your system makes it easy to plot and compare metrics.

    Robert Pietrowsky, Director, Category Management, DRIV
  • Thomas Tecklenburg

    We use TrendLens™ to look for trends to understand business results and correlate to future outcomes. The data is all in one location – it is housed in an easy-to-use format so I can pick the specific data that we want to use. This helps with explaining business results and forecasts to our C-suite.

    Thomas Tecklenburg, VP, North America Aftermarket, Dayco
  • Tara Topel

    As a shop owner, TrendLens™ is one of the few available tools specific to our industry that gathers industry data in one place. Without it, we would have to pay large amounts of money and try to decipher other platforms. We’ve used TrendLens™ data when writing a business plan to execute funding for a new building.

    Tara Topel, Co-Owner, Topel’s Service Center
  • Larry Pavey

    I use TrendLens™ to check industry trends and get up-to-date data. It is more current than other platforms and is specific to the aftermarket industry.

    Larry Pavey, CEO, Automotive Parts Services Group
  • Kevin Rozsa

    TrendLens™ helps me and my team monitor specific industry data points – it is easy to use and rich with data. The ease of comparing data trends in TrendLens™ is particularly useful.

    Kevin Rozsa, EVP Business Development, Transtar Industries LLC
  • Gideon Norris

    TrendLens™ helps us monitor specific data points relevant to specific manufacturers we as a company represent. As a single source for multiple points of data, it helps us provide market intelligence to our manufacturer partners.

    Gideon Norris, Director of Category Management, NA Williams
  • T.J. Fontana

    TrendLens™ and Demand Index help me monitor key economic drivers – it’s a one-stop location for many key economic drivers including VMT and point-of-sale data. The data has helped our team rebalance budgets based on seasonality.

    T.J. Fontana, Director of Sales, Dayco Products
  • T.J. Fontana

    It’s nice to have both general economic indicators, like housing starts, and automotive indicators, all together in one place. This data gives a sense of direction where our business may be headed.

    Dave Farrell, Sales and Pricing Analyst, Transtar Industries LLC






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Economic and Industry data sets and views

  •   Economic and Industry Indicators Data
  •   Monthly Vehicle Miles Travelled from Arity
  •    Dashboard View
  •   Trend Comparison
  •   Indexed Comparison
  •    Weekly Vehicle Miles Travelled from Arity
  •    Regional Economic and Industry Data
           (10+ key data sets including Arity VMT)​

TrendLens™ Added Features


  •   Filter by date
  •   Show as a table
  •   Watchlist alerts
  •   Export Data
  •   Print Reports
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Economic and Industry data sets and views

  •   Economic and Industry Indicators Data
  •   Monthly Vehicle Miles Travelled from Arity
  •    Dashboard View
  •   Trend Comparison
  •   Indexed Comparison
  •    Weekly Vehicle Miles Travelled from Arity
  •    Regional Economic and Industry Data
           (10+ key data sets including Arity VMT)​

TrendLens™ Added Features


  •   Filter by date
  •   Show as a table
  •   Watchlist alerts
  •   Export Data
  •   Print Reports

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