Urban Science® today announced the launch of its ServiceView™ Service-to-Sales Analysis, which taps the power of the company’s near-real time industry sales data to empower automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to better understand the importance of where service-loyal customers purchase their next vehicles…

On Feb. 9, 2023, Lisa Walden, senior implementation engineer, was awarded the highest level of the Rescue Service Medal of Honor by Kai Klose, Hessian Minister for Social Affairs, Wiesbaden, Germany, for serving 1,000 hours of voluntary paramedic work with The Red Cross.

Empower your team with daily defection-based training. U.S. new-vehicle inventory levels rose sharply in December and crested to 1.8 million for the first time since May 2021…

Record number of core-based statistical areas had virtually no net change in dealership count U.S. share of EV sales increased 40% year over year; uptick was primarily driven by sales […]

In December, our colleagues working out of our Mexico City office came together to bring joy to their community by collecting and distributing toys to local children in celebration of the Christian holiday Día de los Reyes, also known as Three Kings Day or Epiphany.

Last month, employees from our Nashville office put our #DoGreatThings value into action by volunteering with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee.

Since Urban Science was founded in 1977, we’ve become the automotive industry’s go-to resource for solving mission-critical challenges around the world. During this time, we’ve expanded our global footprint to […]

At Urban Science, we’re known for tapping the power of our unrivaled data and technology – and our proven scientific processes and methodologies to help automotive manufacturers and dealers, and the advertising technology firms that support them, achieve clarity and business certainty in even the most ambiguous market conditions.

A number of forces are disrupting the automotive landscape, making this an especially pivotal time for dealership groups.

Measuring service-to-sales conversion performance is key. Know how you stack up.

This fall, Long Beach-based Urban Scientists doubled down on their commitment to #Community by coming together to assemble activity kits with Together We Rise, a non-profit that works to improve […]

There are a number of factors contributing to the roller coaster-like ride of the automotive marketplace. Macro-economic conditions are slowing demand and moderating prices at the same time as production and inventory levels are rebounding off their pandemic-related lows.

Earlier this fall, our Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, team members came together to make a positive impact on their neighbors in need by volunteering with the Community Foodbank of New Jersey.

In late October, at a ceremony attended by Wayne State University military and veteran students alongside university leadership and faculty…

Urban Science® today announced the launch of SalesAlert™, an industry first solution that notifies car dealers when a sales lead has purchased a vehicle from another dealership.

On October 4, 2022, 17 Detroit-based Urban Scientists spent the day volunteering with Life Remodeled, a non-profit focused on the intentional and equitable revitalization of Detroit neighborhoods.

A changing media landscape requires changing strategies and tactics. Digitization, increasing automation and new business models have disrupted other industries. Now it’s the automotive industry’s turn.

The Problem Due to overall industry factors, dealership leaders needed to maximize service retention and boost aftersales revenue to compensate for a deficiency in new vehicle sales. Beyond that, as […]

Urban Science® today announced the launch of MarketGrowth™, a first-of-its-kind, best-in-class solution that taps the company’s unrivaled near-real-time industry sales* data to empower dealer groups, marketing agencies and the consultants who support them to better understand market performance and potential across all brands and geographies.

The Problem Despite ongoing efforts, a major North American OEM still had many vehicles on the road in need of recall repairs related to Takata Airbags. They found that despite […]