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Auto repair and car care businesses in Scurry County, TX
The auto repair and car care businesses in Scurry County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,387 of 2,401 scored counties
#158 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 33
- 9 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $852 a household
- Spending per listing
- $152K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 56.2
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,162
- −4.5% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair and car care businesses, Scurry County has a Groundwork market score of 9 (very low): #2,387 of 2,401 scored counties and #158 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 auto repair and car care businesses in Scurry County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 56.2 for every 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Scurry County comes to about $5M a year: $852 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $152K of household spending for each business on map listings, 44% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Scurry County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 490 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.2M has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Scurry County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Scurry County declined 4.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Scurry 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 | Scurry County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 56.2 | 42.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $152K | $216K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 490 | 703 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $852 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $60,039 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 339 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Scurry 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 Scurry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,162−4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 5,876
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 905 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $60,039+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,140
- Median home value
- $113,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,916
- Daytime population
- 15,922Residents 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 Scurry 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 |
| 158Scurry County, TX | 9 | 33 | 56.2 | $152K | −4.5% | #2,387 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Scurry 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 Scurry County, TX?
There are 33 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Scurry County as of September 2026. 9 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 12 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Scurry County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5M a year, or $852 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $152K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,876 households in Scurry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Scurry County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Scurry County has 56.2 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $152K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Scurry County would have about 19, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 490 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Scurry County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Scurry County at 16,162 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,876 households. Median household income in Scurry County is $60,039, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.5%, 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. Scurry County scores 9 for auto repair and car care businesses (very low), #2,387 of 2,401 scored counties.
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