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Auto repair and car care businesses in the Town of Pecos, TX area
How the Town of Pecos, TX area compares with other small-town markets 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 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #511 of 538 scored small-town markets
#35 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 21
- 7 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $970 a household
- Spending per listing
- $195K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 49.7
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,138
- −17.8% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair and car care businesses, the Town of Pecos area has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #511 of 538 scored small-town markets and #35 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 auto repair and car care businesses in the Town of Pecos area. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 49.7 for every 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Town of Pecos area comes to about $4.1M a year: $970 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 21 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $195K per business, 27% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Town of Pecos area in 2023. That is one for every 469 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Town of Pecos area from 2020 to 2025 at −17.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Town of Pecos area 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 | Town of Pecos area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 49.7 | 42.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $195K | $216K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 469 | 703 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −17.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $970 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $64,297 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 63Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 the Town of Pecos area, 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 the Town of Pecos area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,138−17.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,224
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $64,297
- Average household income
- $77,974
- Median home value
- $118,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,851
- Daytime population
- 12,826Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Town of Pecos area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, TX | 64 | 84 | 32.3 | $248K | +9.5% | #142 of 538 |
| 2Bonham, TX | 64 | 56 | 43.9 | $242K | +9.2% | #143 of 538 |
| 3Jacksonville, TX | 64 | 74 | 40.7 | $227K | +5.4% | #145 of 538 |
| 4Fredericksburg, TX | 58 | 52 | 45.2 | $220K | +6.6% | #200 of 538 |
| 5Granbury, TX | 55 | 123 | 48.2 | $210K | +13.6% | #224 of 538 |
| 6Bay City, TX | 53 | 56 | 36.3 | $237K | +0.5% | #240 of 538 |
| 7Corsicana, TX | 52 | 89 | 46.7 | $207K | +8.2% | #251 of 538 |
| 8Mineral Wells, TX | 52 | 53 | 47.2 | $200K | +8.2% | #252 of 538 |
| 9Athens, TX | 52 | 162 | 48.3 | $196K | +7.5% | #253 of 538 |
| 10Brenham, TX | 50 | 59 | 38.1 | $236K | +7.0% | #273 of 538 |
| 35Town of Pecos, TX | 19 | 21 | 49.7 | $195K | −17.8% | #511 of 538 |
Other business types in the Town of Pecos area
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 the Town of Pecos, TX area?
There are 21 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in the Town of Pecos area as of September 2026. 7 of them (33%) 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 63 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Town of Pecos, TX area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.1M a year, or $970 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $195K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,224 households in the Town of Pecos area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Town of Pecos, TX area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The Town of Pecos area has 49.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $195K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, the Town of Pecos area would have about 15, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 469 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is the Town of Pecos, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Town of Pecos area at 12,138 people in 2025, down 17.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,224 households. Median household income in the Town of Pecos area is $64,297, 20% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Town of Pecos area scores 19 for auto repair and car care businesses (low), #511 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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