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Auto repair and car care businesses in Champaign County, IL
How Champaign County, IL 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #837 of 2,401 scored counties
#21 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 257
- 63 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 95
- +6.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $75.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $880 a household
- Spending per listing
- $293K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.1
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 209,972
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 257 auto repair and car care businesses in Champaign County. 63 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 30.1 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
At $880 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Champaign County spend about $75.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $293K of household spending for each business on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Champaign County in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 900 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 116 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $644K have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Champaign County.
Population estimates put the population change in Champaign County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair and car care businesses, Champaign County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #837 of 2,401 scored counties and #21 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.
How Champaign County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Champaign County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.1 | 33.1 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $293K | $294K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 900 | 626 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.7% | +2.0% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $880 | $975 | $958 |
| Median household income | $63,683 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 89 → 95+6.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 516
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 116Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 25763 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 280The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $644K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Champaign 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 Champaign County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,972+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 85,472
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 996 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 210
- Median household income
- $63,683+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,413
- Median home value
- $211,500
- Jobs located here
- 92,426
- Daytime population
- 220,386Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Champaign County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piatt County, IL | 83 | 15 | 21.7 | $597K | +0.6% | #73 of 2,401 |
| 2Kendall County, IL | 82 | 133 | 29.3 | $441K | +9.9% | #91 of 2,401 |
| 3Greene County, IL | 74 | 12 | 27.0 | $432K | −5.1% | #243 of 2,401 |
| 4Marshall County, IL | 73 | 17 | 33.4 | $349K | −2.0% | #273 of 2,401 |
| 5Woodford County, IL | 72 | 47 | 32.0 | $383K | −0.8% | #294 of 2,401 |
| 6Boone County, IL | 72 | 69 | 35.5 | $338K | +0.4% | #303 of 2,401 |
| 7Crawford County, IL | 71 | 28 | 37.4 | $306K | +0.1% | #346 of 2,401 |
| 8Lawrence County, IL | 66 | 14 | 25.6 | $403K | −9.7% | #487 of 2,401 |
| 9Menard County, IL | 65 | 14 | 26.8 | $414K | −3.3% | #519 of 2,401 |
| 10Lake County, IL | 65 | 862 | 33.4 | $356K | +0.8% | #524 of 2,401 |
| 21Champaign County, IL | 58 | 257 | 30.1 | $293K | +1.8% | #837 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Champaign County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care58
- Auto repair shops56
- Collision repair and body shops57
- Car washes and detailing54
- Tire shops57
- Oil change and quick lube27
- Gas stations69
- Insurance agencies24
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 Champaign County, IL?
There are 257 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Champaign County as of September 2026. 63 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 116 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Champaign County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $75.2M a year, or $880 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 257 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $293K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 85,472 households in Champaign County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Champaign County, IL compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Champaign County has 30.1 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $293K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Champaign County would have about 280, against 257 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 900 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Champaign County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Champaign County at 209,972 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,472 households. Median household income in Champaign County is $63,683, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Champaign County scores 58 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #837 of 2,401 scored counties.
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