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Auto repair and car care businesses in Live Oak County, TX
How Live Oak 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,232 of 2,401 scored counties
#138 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 24
- 7 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $153K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 55.1
- 54% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,929
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Live Oak County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #2,232 of 2,401 scored counties and #138 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 auto repair and car care businesses in Live Oak County. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 55.1, 54% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
At $845 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Live Oak County spend about $3.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 24 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $153K per business, 43% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Live Oak County classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 484 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Live Oak County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Live Oak 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 | Live Oak County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 55.1 | 42.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $153K | $216K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 484 | 703 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $845 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,150 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 247 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Live Oak 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 Live Oak County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,929+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,358
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,040 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $57,150+6.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,578
- Median home value
- $159,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,120
- Daytime population
- 10,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 138Live Oak County, TX | 23 | 24 | 55.1 | $153K | +5.1% | #2,232 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Live Oak 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 Live Oak County, TX?
There are 24 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Live Oak County as of September 2026. 7 of them (29%) 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 also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Live Oak County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.7M a year, or $845 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $153K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,358 households in Live Oak County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Live Oak County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Live Oak County has 55.1 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $153K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Live Oak County would have about 14, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 484 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Live Oak County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Live Oak County at 11,929 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,358 households. Median household income in Live Oak County is $57,150, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 6.1%, 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. Live Oak County scores 23 for auto repair and car care businesses (low), #2,232 of 2,401 scored counties.
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