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Auto repair and car care businesses in Hardee County, FL
How Hardee County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,196 of 2,401 scored counties
#31 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 31
- 10 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $937 a household
- Spending per listing
- $249K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.7
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,932
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 auto repair and car care businesses in Hardee County. 10 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 37.7 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Hardee County comes to about $7.7M a year: $937 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $249K per business, 7% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Hardee County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 822 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hardee County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hardee County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #1,196 of 2,401 scored counties and #31 of 64 scored counties in Florida.
How Hardee County compares
The same measures for Florida and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair and car care businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Hardee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.7 | 36.3 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $249K | $230K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 822 | 692 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $937 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $60,489 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Hardee County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Hardee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,932+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,219
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 638 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $60,489+56.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,981
- Median home value
- $153,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,991
- Daytime population
- 22,490Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Johns County, FL | 84 | 246 | 21.2 | $459K | +25.0% | #62 of 2,401 |
| 2Walton County, FL | 83 | 77 | 22.4 | $423K | +22.9% | #83 of 2,401 |
| 3Santa Rosa County, FL | 81 | 200 | 27.5 | $372K | +11.7% | #106 of 2,401 |
| 4Sumter County, FL | 80 | 78 | 11.1 | $647K | +21.1% | #111 of 2,401 |
| 5Gilchrist County, FL | 79 | 23 | 32.2 | $308K | +14.5% | #151 of 2,401 |
| 6Nassau County, FL | 78 | 114 | 29.0 | $340K | +17.4% | #168 of 2,401 |
| 7Flagler County, FL | 72 | 139 | 26.4 | $331K | +21.0% | #305 of 2,401 |
| 8Union County, FL | 72 | 13 | 30.1 | $317K | +5.2% | #313 of 2,401 |
| 9Wakulla County, FL | 71 | 42 | 33.0 | $309K | +12.3% | #345 of 2,401 |
| 10Gulf County, FL | 70 | 19 | 32.0 | $283K | +11.7% | #372 of 2,401 |
| 31Hardee County, FL | 51 | 31 | 37.7 | $249K | +2.4% | #1,196 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Hardee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Hardee County, FL?
There are 31 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Hardee County as of September 2026. 10 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts list 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hardee County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $7.7M a year, or $937 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $249K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,219 households in Hardee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardee County, FL compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Hardee County has 37.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $249K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Hardee County would have about 29, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 822 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Hardee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Hardee County at 25,932 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,219 households. Median household income in Hardee County is $60,489, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 56.4%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Hardee County scores 51 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #1,196 of 2,401 scored counties.
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