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Auto repair and car care businesses in Craig County, VA
How Craig County, VA 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
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,263 a household
- Spending per listing
- $731K
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.3
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,800
- −1.6% since 2020
See the auto repair and car care businesses around any address in Craig County
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What this means
Households in Craig County spend about $2.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,263 per household, 32% above the U.S. average. Spread across 3 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $731K per business, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $269K.
Craig County has 3 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That is 17.3 per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Craig County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Craig County declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Craig County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Craig County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.3 | 31.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $731K | $307K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 685 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,263 | $968 | $958 |
| Median household income | $69,057 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Craig 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 Craig County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,800−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,735
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 328 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $69,057
- Average household income
- $90,344
- Median home value
- $189,000
- Jobs located here
- 703
- Daytime population
- 3,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fluvanna County, VA | 94 | 13 | 12.6 | $999K | +6.2% | #4 of 2,401 |
| 2Caroline County, VA | 90 | 29 | 24.2 | $476K | +11.3% | #21 of 2,401 |
| 3Goochland County, VA | 87 | 30 | 29.0 | $413K | +17.4% | #39 of 2,401 |
| 4Louisa County, VA | 87 | 45 | 28.9 | $411K | +13.6% | #40 of 2,401 |
| 5James City County, VA | 86 | 49 | 15.3 | $661K | +6.2% | #41 of 2,401 |
| 6Prince George County, VA | 85 | 24 | 18.6 | $632K | +2.0% | #48 of 2,401 |
| 7Clarke County, VA | 85 | 18 | 30.6 | $386K | +5.4% | #54 of 2,401 |
| 8New Kent County, VA | 83 | 20 | 21.6 | $592K | +21.2% | #74 of 2,401 |
| 9Poquoson city, VA | 80 | 10 | 21.2 | $547K | +6.6% | #113 of 2,401 |
| 10Nelson County, VA | 80 | 13 | 20.4 | $518K | +1.2% | #114 of 2,401 |
| Craig County, VA | Not scored | 3 | 17.3 | $731K | −1.6% |
Other business types in Craig County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Craig County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 auto repair and car care businesses in Craig County. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. No official count is published for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Craig County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Craig County, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.2M a year, or $1,263 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $731K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,735 households in Craig County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Craig County, VA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Craig County has 17.3 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $731K, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Craig County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Craig County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Craig County at 4,800 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,735 households. The median household income in Craig County is $69,057 a year, 14% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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