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Auto repair and car care businesses in Kent County, TX
The auto repair and car care businesses in Kent County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $262K
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $849 a household
- Spending per listing
- $262K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 674
- −11.1% since 2020
See the auto repair and car care businesses around any address in Kent County
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What this means
At $849 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Kent County spend about $262K a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $262K per business.
Kent County has 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 32.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Kent County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Kent County from 2020 to 2025 at −11.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Kent 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 | Kent County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.5 | 42.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $262K | $216K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 703 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −11.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $849 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,889 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 43 |
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
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Kent 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 Kent County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 674−11.1% since 2020
- Households
- 308
- Median age
- 60.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 903 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $72,889
- Average household income
- $86,874
- Median home value
- $122,200
- Jobs located here
- 150
- Daytime population
- 580Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Kent County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the auto repair and car care businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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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 Kent 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 |
| Kent County, TX | Not scored | 1 | 32.5 | $262K | −11.1% |
Other business types in Kent 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 Kent County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 auto repair or car care business in Kent 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 Kent County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kent County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $262K a year, or $849 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings, it comes to $262K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 308 households in Kent County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kent County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Kent County has 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending.
How fast is Kent County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Kent County at 674 people in 2025, down 11.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 308 households. The median household income in Kent County is $72,889 a year, 10% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Kent County. It maps the auto repair and car care businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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