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Auto repair and car care businesses in Oglala Lakota County, SD
How Oglala Lakota County, SD 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $733 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,338
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Oglala Lakota County spend about $2.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $733 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per business.
There is 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings in Oglala Lakota County as of September 2026. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Oglala Lakota County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Oglala Lakota County.
Population estimates put the population change in Oglala Lakota County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings, Oglala Lakota County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Oglala Lakota County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Oglala Lakota County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 42.6 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $279K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 436 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $733 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $41,417 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 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
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Oglala Lakota 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 Oglala Lakota County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,338−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,923
- Median age
- 27.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.4
- Land area
- 2,094 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $41,417+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,084
- Median home value
- $52,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,851
- Daytime population
- 15,275Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, SD | 79 | 18 | 24.6 | $537K | +3.3% | #137 of 2,401 |
| 2Lincoln County, SD | 78 | 105 | 37.7 | $332K | +17.5% | #169 of 2,401 |
| 3Lake County, SD | 73 | 20 | 42.4 | $304K | −0.2% | #284 of 2,401 |
| 4Brookings County, SD | 72 | 49 | 35.5 | $330K | +9.6% | #306 of 2,401 |
| 5Roberts County, SD | 70 | 15 | 41.4 | $301K | −0.1% | #368 of 2,401 |
| 6Minnehaha County, SD | 67 | 287 | 33.8 | $322K | +7.6% | #464 of 2,401 |
| 7Clay County, SD | 64 | 20 | 36.1 | $296K | +0.2% | #586 of 2,401 |
| 8Meade County, SD | 59 | 52 | 43.4 | $304K | +2.7% | #785 of 2,401 |
| 9Lawrence County, SD | 50 | 57 | 47.3 | $246K | +14.0% | #1,248 of 2,401 |
| 10Butte County, SD | 45 | 26 | 60.4 | $222K | +5.5% | #1,439 of 2,401 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Not scored | 1 | 3.4 | $2.1M | −2.3% |
Other business types in Oglala Lakota 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
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Oglala Lakota County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 auto repair or car care business in Oglala Lakota County. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. No official count is published for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Oglala Lakota County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Oglala Lakota County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.1M a year, or $733 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,923 households in Oglala Lakota County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oglala Lakota County, SD compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Oglala Lakota County has 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Oglala Lakota County would have about 8, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Oglala Lakota County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Oglala Lakota County at 13,338 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,923 households. The median household income in Oglala Lakota County is $41,417 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Oglala Lakota County has no market score for auto repair and car care businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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