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Auto repair and car care businesses in Sweet Grass County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair and car care businesses in Sweet Grass County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 10
- 3 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,389 a household
- Spending per listing
- $216K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.4
- 80% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,762
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Sweet Grass County comes to about $2.2M a year: $1,389 per household, 45% above the U.S. average. That works out to $216K per business, 20% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Sweet Grass County has 10 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 64.4, 80% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Sweet Grass County classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 310 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $189K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Sweet Grass County.
Population estimates show Sweet Grass County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Sweet Grass County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Sweet Grass County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.4 | 43.7 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $216K | $265K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 310 | 437 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.6% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,389 | $1,157 | $958 |
| Median household income | $77,000 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $698K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 103 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $189K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Sweet Grass 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 Sweet Grass County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,762+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 1,552
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 1,856 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $77,000
- Average household income
- $102,866
- Median home value
- $330,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,714
- Daytime population
- 4,075Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, MT | 94 | 13 | 26.0 | $584K | +9.8% | #7 of 2,401 |
| 2Sanders County, MT | 85 | 17 | 31.2 | $382K | +12.9% | #55 of 2,401 |
| 3Carbon County, MT | 74 | 16 | 34.3 | $384K | +9.1% | #247 of 2,401 |
| 4Big Horn County, MT | 73 | 11 | 28.7 | $395K | −2.5% | #264 of 2,401 |
| 5Lake County, MT | 68 | 43 | 34.2 | $362K | +6.9% | #421 of 2,401 |
| 6Ravalli County, MT | 60 | 82 | 43.9 | $282K | +9.4% | #747 of 2,401 |
| 7Gallatin County, MT | 59 | 223 | 43.5 | $281K | +7.7% | #800 of 2,401 |
| 8Glacier County, MT | 56 | 15 | 35.0 | $292K | −2.0% | #929 of 2,401 |
| 9Missoula County, MT | 55 | 183 | 34.7 | $306K | +4.4% | #963 of 2,401 |
| 10Park County, MT | 54 | 35 | 41.8 | $278K | +5.7% | #1,034 of 2,401 |
| Sweet Grass County, MT | Not scored | 10 | 64.4 | $216K | +2.4% |
Other business types in Sweet Grass County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Sweet Grass County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 auto repair and car care businesses in Sweet Grass County. 3 of them (30%) 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. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sweet Grass County, MT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.2M a year, or $1,389 per household. That is 45% above the U.S. average (an index of 145, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $216K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,552 households in Sweet Grass County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sweet Grass County, MT compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Sweet Grass County has 64.4 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $216K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Sweet Grass County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 310 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Sweet Grass County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Sweet Grass County at 3,762 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,552 households. The median household income in Sweet Grass County is $77,000 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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