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Auto repair and car care businesses in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area
The auto repair and car care businesses in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #182 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 182
- 53 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 76
- −15.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $966 a household
- Spending per listing
- $277K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.8
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,692
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area comes to about $50.4M a year: $966 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 182 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $277K per business, 3% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has 182 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 53 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.8, 3% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area was 76 in 2023, down 15.3% from 2019. That is one for every 687 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 117 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #182 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area 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 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.8 | 31.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $277K | $307K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 687 | 685 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −15.3% | +4.4% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $966 | $968 | $958 |
| Median household income | $73,544 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 76−15.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 487
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 117Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18253 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 188The 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,692+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 52,233
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,002 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $73,544+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,893
- Median home value
- $284,500
- Jobs located here
- 51,901
- Daytime population
- 117,298Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charlottesville, VA | 81 | 210 | 23.2 | $422K | +3.1% | #6 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 75 | 5,964 | 25.1 | $359K | +3.3% | #25 of 387 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 58 | 462 | 35.3 | $265K | +2.3% | #138 of 387 |
| 2Richmond, VA | 56 | 1,823 | 34.2 | $283K | +5.5% | #154 of 387 |
| 3Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 53 | 2,182 | 30.8 | $296K | +0.9% | #178 of 387 |
| 4Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 53 | 182 | 34.8 | $277K | +3.2% | #182 of 387 |
| 5Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 52 | 216 | 30.7 | $307K | −0.1% | #189 of 387 |
| 6Lynchburg, VA | 46 | 387 | 37.4 | $265K | +2.9% | #235 of 387 |
| 7Winchester, VA-WV | 39 | 258 | 46.5 | $222K | +6.5% | #285 of 387 |
| 8Harrisonburg, VA | 32 | 236 | 47.2 | $222K | +3.5% | #322 of 387 |
Other business types in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft 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 care53
- Auto repair shops54
- Collision repair and body shops72
- Car washes and detailing68
- Tire shops53
- Oil change and quick lube43
- Gas stations57
- Insurance agencies89
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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 182 auto repair and car care businesses in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area. 53 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, down 15.3% from 2019. Another 117 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $50.4M a year, or $966 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 182 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $277K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,233 households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has 34.8 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $277K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area would have about 188, against 182 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 687 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area at 129,692 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,233 households. The median household income in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area is $73,544 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area scores 53 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #182 of 387 scored metro areas.
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