Abstract: It is very important to understand the concentration levels and composition characteristics of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions during the painting processes of automobile repair industry in Wuhan City. Hence, ten typical automobile repair enterprises in Wuhan City were selected and gas samples were collected from four different processes of exhaust vent of facility (EV), spray (bake) paint (SBP) process, paint mixing (PM) process and putty scraping (PS) process for VOCs analysis. The VOCs results showed that: (1) The highest VOCs concentration (82.18 mg/m³) was observed at the EV, while the VOCs concentration in the unorganized emission such as SBP, PM and PS was relatively low, being 11.37, 7.76 and 5.57 mg/m³, respectively. (2) The chemical composition of VOCs was dominated by the oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) in the processes of EV, SBP and PM, accounting for 54.4%, 50.8% and 43.4% of the total VOCs respectively. Moreover, aromatic hydrocarbons were the second large group, and their proportions in the total VOCs in the EV, SBP and PM processes were 27.0%, 22.9% and 24.6%, respectively. The three highest components of VOCs in three processes were butyl acetate, m/p-xylene and 1, 2-dichloromethane. In addition, aromatic hydrocarbons and OVOCs were the main components of VOCs in the PS, of which styrene, butyl acetate and 1, 2-dichloromethane were the major components. (3) The contents of butyl acetate in the VOCs emission from the processes of EV, SBP and PM were much higher than those of benzene, toluene and m/p-xylene, which was much higher than the previous results in Wuhan City and other regions. Our results indicated that because of the highest concentration of VOCs from the exhaust vent, the efficiency of VOCs collection and treatment in the exhaust system should be improved and the sealing management of the paint spraying and baking room should be strengthened. In addition, butyl acetate has the highest proportion in the VOCs in all gas samples of these processes, and can be used as an indicator for monitoring VOCs emission from auto repair industry. It was recommended to improve the solvent products in auto repair industry to reduce the emission of toxic substances and OVOCs, establish the optimal management of VOCs, and minimize the secondary pollution (i.e., ozone pollution).