CARY, N.C. -

There are likely to be fewer used-car sales this month than there were in July, but the seasonally adjusted annualized rate should stay in the neighborhood of 39 million units.

Edmunds released a forecast Thursday projecting 3.3 million used-car sales for August, which would be down from 3.4 million in July. The resulting used-car SAAR for August would be 39.0 million, down from 39.2 million in July, Edmunds said.

In a separate analysis on the used-car market, CompetitorPro found that average used-car sales per store at franchised dealerships in its database for July was 58.4 vehicles, with average days to sell at 35.3. The company had total used sales for franchised dealerships in July at 1.13 million.

For independent dealerships, the firm found that average used-car sales per store within its database was 185.3 in July, with average days to sell at 16.7.  Total used sales among independents was 166,400.

The data is based on internal VIN analysis on dealership websites (which are publicly accessible) by CompetitorPro. There were 19,307 franchised dealers in July’s data set and 898 independent dealers.

CompetitorPro counts individual franchises as separate dealerships.