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Auto repair and car care businesses in Paulding County, OH
The auto repair and car care businesses in Paulding County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #469 of 2,401 scored counties
#27 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 29
- 6 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,182 a household
- Spending per listing
- $311K
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.0
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,727
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 auto repair and car care businesses in Paulding County. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 38.0 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Paulding County comes to about $9M a year: $1,182 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. Spread across 29 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $311K per business, 16% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Paulding County in 2023. That is one for every 847 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Paulding County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in Paulding County is 67 (upper middle), #469 of 2,401 scored counties and #27 of 88 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Paulding County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Paulding County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.0 | 34.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $311K | $299K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 847 | 778 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.4% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,182 | $1,033 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,731 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 296 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Paulding 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 Paulding County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,727−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,624
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $67,731+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,167
- Median home value
- $140,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,992
- Daytime population
- 14,407Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Paulding County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 92 | 203 | 24.7 | $516K | +12.5% | #12 of 2,401 |
| 2Pickaway County, OH | 90 | 64 | 29.2 | $401K | +7.4% | #22 of 2,401 |
| 3Warren County, OH | 89 | 226 | 24.6 | $521K | +5.7% | #26 of 2,401 |
| 4Fairfield County, OH | 86 | 166 | 27.5 | $441K | +6.5% | #45 of 2,401 |
| 5Perry County, OH | 84 | 38 | 28.2 | $433K | +1.3% | #64 of 2,401 |
| 6Morrow County, OH | 84 | 53 | 39.4 | $335K | +3.7% | #69 of 2,401 |
| 7Greene County, OH | 81 | 191 | 28.0 | $406K | +3.7% | #104 of 2,401 |
| 8Vinton County, OH | 80 | 13 | 24.4 | $483K | −1.2% | #116 of 2,401 |
| 9Brown County, OH | 80 | 62 | 36.2 | $354K | +1.6% | #127 of 2,401 |
| 10Henry County, OH | 77 | 38 | 33.2 | $370K | −0.2% | #187 of 2,401 |
| 27Paulding County, OH | 67 | 29 | 38.0 | $311K | −0.4% | #469 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Paulding 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 Paulding County, OH?
There are 29 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Paulding County as of September 2026. 6 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Paulding County, OH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9M a year, or $1,182 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $311K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,624 households in Paulding County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Paulding County, OH compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Paulding County has 38.0 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $311K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Paulding County would have about 34, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 847 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Paulding County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Paulding County at 18,727 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,624 households. Median household income in Paulding County is $67,731, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Paulding County scores 67 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #469 of 2,401 scored counties.
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