This year’s TBX Annual Survey captures a data-driven snapshot of the GA maintenance landscape, based on responses from shops across sizes, regions, and aircraft types. Inside the report, you’ll find insights on the industry’s biggest challenges, what’s working on the shop floor, outlook and sentiment, and real-world shop rates and output benchmarks by size and geography.

Whether you’re a shop owner, operator, or industry stakeholder, this report offers a grounded look at where GA maintenance stands today — and where it may be headed next.

Key Findings:

• Rising costs and supply chain pressure dominate the landscape
  Nearly two-thirds of respondents cited rising costs and supply chain issues as their biggest current challenge, followed closely by staffing and training shortages.
• Staffing remains the single most critical constraint to growth
  When asked what would most improve their business prospects, finding and retaining skilled technicians far outpaced any other factor — including insurance costs, customers, or facilities.
• Operational fundamentals are working — people, process, and compliance
  Shops reported the strongest success in maintenance tracking, compliance and records, shop processes, and team support, highlighting operational maturity despite external pressures.
  
• Confidence is mixed: businesses are optimistic, the industry less so
  While 63% of respondents feel positive about their own business outlook, fewer than half expressed optimism about the future of general aviation overall.
• Shop rates and output scale meaningfully with size and region
  Average shop rates increase with shop size and vary significantly by geography, while larger shops service substantially more aircraft annually — underscoring structural differences across the GA maintenance ecosystem.

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