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Auto repair and car care businesses in Roberts County, SD
How Roberts 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 · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #368 of 2,401 scored counties
#5 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 15
- 4 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,246 a household
- Spending per listing
- $301K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.4
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,255
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 auto repair and car care businesses in Roberts County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 41.4, 16% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
At $1,246 per household (30% above the U.S. average), households in Roberts County spend about $4.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 15 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $301K per business, 12% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Roberts County in 2023. That is one for every 906 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roberts County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in Roberts County is 70 (upper middle), #368 of 2,401 scored counties and #5 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Roberts 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 | Roberts County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.4 | 42.6 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $301K | $279K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 906 | 436 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,246 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $65,130 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $843K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 154 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Roberts 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 Roberts County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,255−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,625
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,101 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $65,130+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,087
- Median home value
- $154,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,221
- Daytime population
- 9,494Residents 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 |
Other business types in Roberts 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 Roberts County, SD?
There are 15 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Roberts County as of September 2026. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Roberts County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.5M a year, or $1,246 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $301K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,625 households in Roberts County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roberts County, SD compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Roberts County has 41.4 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $301K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Roberts County would have about 17, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 906 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Roberts County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Roberts County at 10,255 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,625 households. Median household income in Roberts County is $65,130, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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. Roberts County scores 70 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #368 of 2,401 scored counties.
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