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Auto repair and car care businesses in Wetzel County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair and car care businesses in Wetzel County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,367 of 2,401 scored counties
#42 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 26
- 12 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $833 a household
- Spending per listing
- $196K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.5
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,734
- −4.6% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair and car care businesses, Wetzel County has a Groundwork market score of 12 (low): #2,367 of 2,401 scored counties and #42 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $833 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Wetzel County spend about $5.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $196K per business, 27% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Wetzel County has 26 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 46%, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 42.5, 19% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Wetzel County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 509 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $407K have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Wetzel County. Population estimates put the population change in Wetzel County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wetzel County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Wetzel County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.5 | 35.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $196K | $235K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 509 | 781 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.1% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $833 | $833 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,836 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2612 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
- 2
- Amount
- $407K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Wetzel 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 Wetzel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,734−4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,113
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 358 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $56,836+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,103
- Median home value
- $107,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,984
- Daytime population
- 12,900Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Wetzel County marked.
Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 82 | 57 | 25.0 | $433K | +9.2% | #92 of 2,401 |
| 2Morgan County, WV | 78 | 18 | 24.5 | $422K | +5.5% | #159 of 2,401 |
| 3Berkeley County, WV | 72 | 173 | 33.9 | $291K | +13.7% | #322 of 2,401 |
| 4Barbour County, WV | 66 | 13 | 21.1 | $421K | −0.3% | #485 of 2,401 |
| 5Mason County, WV | 62 | 23 | 22.5 | $395K | −2.7% | #647 of 2,401 |
| 6Boone County, WV | 60 | 15 | 18.9 | $442K | −6.9% | #719 of 2,401 |
| 7Monroe County, WV | 60 | 10 | 21.6 | $403K | +0.8% | #720 of 2,401 |
| 8Hampshire County, WV | 60 | 32 | 37.0 | $262K | +4.4% | #761 of 2,401 |
| 9Lincoln County, WV | 57 | 17 | 22.2 | $361K | −5.8% | #866 of 2,401 |
| 10Wyoming County, WV | 56 | 18 | 22.3 | $367K | −7.1% | #908 of 2,401 |
| 42Wetzel County, WV | 12 | 26 | 42.5 | $196K | −4.6% | #2,367 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Wetzel County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Wetzel County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 auto repair and car care businesses in Wetzel County. 12 of them (46%) 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 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wetzel County, WV spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.1M a year, or $833 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $196K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,113 households in Wetzel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wetzel County, WV compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Wetzel County has 42.5 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $196K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Wetzel County would have about 19, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 509 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Wetzel County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Wetzel County at 13,734 people in 2025, down 4.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,113 households. The median household income in Wetzel County is $56,836 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Wetzel County scores 12 for auto repair and car care businesses (low), #2,367 of 2,401 scored counties.
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