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Auto repair and car care businesses in Richland County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair and car care businesses in Richland County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,077 of 2,401 scored counties
#76 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 28
- 4 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,016 a household
- Spending per listing
- $234K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.5
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,219
- −3.7% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair and car care businesses, Richland County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,077 of 2,401 scored counties and #76 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Richland County comes to about $6.5M a year: $1,016 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $234K of household spending for each business on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Richland County has 28 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That is 43.5 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Richland County in 2023. That is one for every 496 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Richland County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Richland 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 | Richland County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.5 | 33.1 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $234K | $294K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 496 | 626 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,016 | $975 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,455 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 284 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Richland 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 Richland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,219−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 6,443
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 360 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $62,455+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,417
- Median home value
- $112,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,799
- Daytime population
- 14,753Residents 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 Richland 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 |
| 76Richland County, IL | 28 | 28 | 43.5 | $234K | −3.7% | #2,077 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Richland 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 Richland County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 auto repair and car care businesses in Richland County. 4 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Richland County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.5M a year, or $1,016 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $234K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,443 households in Richland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richland County, IL compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Richland County has 43.5 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 22% 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, Richland County would have about 24, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 496 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Richland County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Richland County at 15,219 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,443 households. The median household income in Richland County is $62,455 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Richland County scores 28 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #2,077 of 2,401 scored counties.
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