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Auto repair and car care businesses in the Victoria, TX metro area
How the Victoria, TX metro area compares with other metro areas 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #350 of 387 scored metro areas
#16 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 178
- 53 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 57
- +5.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $33.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $886 a household
- Spending per listing
- $187K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 47.3
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,864
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in the Victoria metro area is 25 (lower middle), #350 of 387 scored metro areas and #16 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 178 auto repair and car care businesses in the Victoria metro area. Of those, 53 are chain locations, or 30%, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 47.3 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Victoria metro area comes to about $33.4M a year: $886 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $187K of household spending for each business on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Victoria metro area in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 661 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Victoria metro area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Victoria metro 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 | Victoria metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 47.3 | 42.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $187K | $216K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 661 | 703 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.8% | +11.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $886 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $70,236 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 57+5.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 442
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 152Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17853 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 124The 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 Victoria metro 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 Victoria metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,864+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 37,666
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,734 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $70,236+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,592
- Median home value
- $208,800
- Jobs located here
- 35,654
- Daytime population
- 91,392Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Victoria metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 70 | 3,185 | 32.2 | $284K | +14.0% | #56 of 387 |
| 2College Station-Bryan, TX | 58 | 341 | 32.3 | $272K | +6.9% | #136 of 387 |
| 3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 51 | 11,683 | 40.4 | $235K | +10.6% | #203 of 387 |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 50 | 3,887 | 40.2 | $225K | +9.5% | #205 of 387 |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 50 | 11,542 | 43.4 | $212K | +10.3% | #206 of 387 |
| 6Sherman-Denison, TX | 49 | 243 | 44.0 | $217K | +12.8% | #216 of 387 |
| 7McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 46 | 1,397 | 51.7 | $169K | +5.6% | #239 of 387 |
| 8Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 43 | 571 | 41.2 | $204K | +3.0% | #257 of 387 |
| 9Killeen-Temple, TX | 40 | 714 | 40.2 | $222K | +7.2% | #275 of 387 |
| 10Midland, TX | 33 | 318 | 45.7 | $209K | +9.8% | #317 of 387 |
| 16Victoria, TX | 25 | 178 | 47.3 | $187K | +1.6% | #350 of 387 |
Other business types in the Victoria metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care25
- Auto repair shops33
- Collision repair and body shops41
- Car washes and detailing23
- Tire shops17
- Oil change and quick lube17
- Gas stations36
- Insurance agencies45
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 Victoria, TX metro area?
There are 178 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in the Victoria metro area as of September 2026. 53 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 5.8% from 2019. Official counts list 152 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Victoria, TX metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $33.4M a year, or $886 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 178 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $187K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 37,666 households in the Victoria metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Victoria, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The Victoria metro area has 47.3 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $187K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, the Victoria metro area would have about 124, against 178 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 661 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Victoria, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Victoria metro area at 99,864 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,666 households. Median household income in the Victoria metro area is $70,236, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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. The Victoria metro area scores 25 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #350 of 387 scored metro areas.
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