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Auto repair and car care businesses in Barton County, MO
How Barton County, MO 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 #861 of 2,401 scored counties
#30 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 21
- 6 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,132 a household
- Spending per listing
- $240K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 47.1
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,795
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,132 per household (18% above the U.S. average), households in Barton County spend about $5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 21 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $240K per business, 11% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Barton County has 21 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That is 47.1 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Barton County classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 891 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Barton County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Barton County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Barton County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #861 of 2,401 scored counties and #30 of 85 scored counties in Missouri.
How Barton County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Barton County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 47.1 | 37.9 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $240K | $279K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 891 | 613 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,132 | $1,058 | $958 |
| Median household income | $51,635 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 27
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $792K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 216 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $200K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Barton 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 Barton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,795+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,454
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 592 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $51,635+17.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,871
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,343
- Daytime population
- 9,923Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Barton County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platte County, MO | 88 | 111 | 25.3 | $465K | +6.7% | #29 of 2,401 |
| 2Warren County, MO | 84 | 52 | 37.6 | $343K | +9.2% | #67 of 2,401 |
| 3Johnson County, MO | 80 | 71 | 33.7 | $340K | +4.9% | #129 of 2,401 |
| 4Stone County, MO | 76 | 42 | 31.0 | $357K | +4.1% | #203 of 2,401 |
| 5Osage County, MO | 74 | 15 | 28.4 | $477K | +2.7% | #241 of 2,401 |
| 6Cass County, MO | 74 | 163 | 37.7 | $331K | +7.1% | #256 of 2,401 |
| 7Andrew County, MO | 73 | 24 | 34.3 | $359K | +0.7% | #272 of 2,401 |
| 8Boone County, MO | 73 | 244 | 31.9 | $334K | +4.2% | #279 of 2,401 |
| 9St. Charles County, MO | 72 | 564 | 35.0 | $343K | +4.9% | #302 of 2,401 |
| 10Clay County, MO | 69 | 321 | 31.4 | $353K | +4.3% | #382 of 2,401 |
| 30Barton County, MO | 58 | 21 | 47.1 | $240K | +1.5% | #861 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Barton 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 Barton County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 auto repair and car care businesses in Barton County. 6 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Barton County, MO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5M a year, or $1,132 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $240K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,454 households in Barton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barton County, MO compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Barton County has 47.1 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $240K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Barton County would have about 19, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 891 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Barton County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Barton County at 11,795 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,454 households. The median household income in Barton County is $51,635 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.0% 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. Barton County scores 58 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #861 of 2,401 scored counties.
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