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Auto repair and car care businesses in Llano County, TX
The auto repair and car care businesses in Llano County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #394 of 2,401 scored counties
#13 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 32
- 9 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $896 a household
- Spending per listing
- $301K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.7
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,353
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 auto repair and car care businesses in Llano County. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.7, 17% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Llano County comes to about $9.6M a year: $896 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $301K of household spending for each business on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Llano County in 2023. That is one for every 979 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 42 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Llano County.
Population estimates put the population change in Llano County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair and car care businesses, Llano County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #394 of 2,401 scored counties and #13 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Llano 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 | Llano County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.7 | 42.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $301K | $216K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 979 | 703 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $896 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,530 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 42Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 329 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Llano 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 Llano County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,353+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 10,765
- Median age
- 54.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 934 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $67,530+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,610
- Median home value
- $356,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,246
- Daytime population
- 18,413Residents 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 Llano 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 |
| 13Llano County, TX | 69 | 32 | 29.7 | $301K | +9.5% | #394 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Llano 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 Llano County, TX?
Llano County has 32 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (28%) 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. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Llano County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9.6M a year, or $896 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $301K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,765 households in Llano County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Llano County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Llano County has 29.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below 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, Llano County would have about 36, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 979 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Llano County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Llano County at 23,353 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,765 households. Median household income in Llano County is $67,530, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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. Llano County scores 69 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #394 of 2,401 scored counties.
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