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Auto repair and car care businesses in Hendry County, FL
How Hendry 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,055 of 2,401 scored counties
#27 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 53
- 10 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $878 a household
- Spending per listing
- $234K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.5
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,276
- +21.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $878 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Hendry County spend about $12.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 53 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $234K per business, 13% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
There are 53 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Hendry County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 37.5, 5% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Hendry County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 831 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 134 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $858K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Hendry County.
Population estimates show Hendry County grew 21.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hendry County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #1,055 of 2,401 scored counties and #27 of 64 scored counties in Florida.
How Hendry 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 | Hendry County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.5 | 36.3 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $234K | $230K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 831 | 692 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $878 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,393 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 134Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5310 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $858K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Hendry 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 Hendry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,276+21.5% since 2020
- Households
- 14,130
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,156 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $56,393+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,528
- Median home value
- $219,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,993
- Daytime population
- 37,882Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Florida, with Hendry County marked.
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 |
| 27Hendry County, FL | 54 | 53 | 37.5 | $234K | +21.5% | #1,055 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Hendry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Hendry County, FL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 53 auto repair and car care businesses in Hendry County. 10 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts also show 134 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hendry County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.4M a year, or $878 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $234K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,130 households in Hendry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hendry County, FL compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Hendry County has 37.5 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $234K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Hendry County would have about 46, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 831 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Hendry County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Hendry County at 48,276 people in 2025, up 21.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,130 households. The median household income in Hendry County is $56,393 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Hendry County scores 54 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #1,055 of 2,401 scored counties.
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