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Auto repair and car care businesses in Bee County, TX
How Bee County, TX 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,580 of 2,401 scored counties
#79 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 35
- 5 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $830 a household
- Spending per listing
- $209K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.7
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,515
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Bee County comes to about $7.3M a year: $830 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $209K of household spending for each business on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Bee County has 35 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 39.7 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Bee County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 801 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 49 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Bee County.
Population estimates show Bee County grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in Bee County is 42 (lower middle), #1,580 of 2,401 scored counties and #79 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Bee County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Bee County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.7 | 42.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $209K | $216K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 801 | 703 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $830 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,673 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 355 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Bee 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 Bee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,515+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,807
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 880 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $57,673+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,500
- Median home value
- $111,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,733
- Daytime population
- 28,081Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Bee County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Jacinto County, TX | 87 | 17 | 15.6 | $642K | +7.1% | #33 of 2,401 |
| 2Fort Bend County, TX | 85 | 753 | 25.7 | $414K | +17.4% | #52 of 2,401 |
| 3Chambers County, TX | 85 | 57 | 33.1 | $327K | +22.6% | #59 of 2,401 |
| 4Clay County, TX | 83 | 12 | 28.0 | $389K | +5.0% | #86 of 2,401 |
| 5Wilson County, TX | 80 | 63 | 34.6 | $334K | +12.2% | #131 of 2,401 |
| 6Falls County, TX | 79 | 11 | 17.3 | $527K | +5.5% | #138 of 2,401 |
| 7Denton County, TX | 77 | 1,122 | 31.1 | $327K | +16.9% | #191 of 2,401 |
| 8Collin County, TX | 76 | 1,186 | 28.5 | $349K | +20.6% | #205 of 2,401 |
| 9Jones County, TX | 76 | 20 | 33.8 | $303K | +6.1% | #214 of 2,401 |
| 10Burleson County, TX | 72 | 24 | 30.4 | $321K | +16.2% | #310 of 2,401 |
| 79Bee County, TX | 42 | 35 | 39.7 | $209K | +4.7% | #1,580 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Bee 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 Bee County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 auto repair and car care businesses in Bee County. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 49 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bee County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $7.3M a year, or $830 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $209K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,807 households in Bee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bee County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Bee County has 39.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $209K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Bee County would have about 27, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 801 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Bee County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bee County at 32,515 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,807 households. The median household income in Bee County is $57,673 a year, 29% 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. Bee County scores 42 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #1,580 of 2,401 scored counties.
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