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Auto repair and car care businesses in the Green Bay, WI metro area
The auto repair and car care businesses in the Green Bay, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #61 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 477
- 125 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 189
- +0.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $149.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,097 a household
- Spending per listing
- $313K
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.0
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 336,756
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 477 auto repair and car care businesses in the Green Bay metro area. 125 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 35.0 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
At $1,097 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Green Bay metro area spend about $149.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 477 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $313K per business, 17% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 189 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Green Bay metro area in 2023, up 0.5% from 2019. That is one for every 720 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 241 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Green Bay metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Green Bay metro area grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Green Bay metro area scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #61 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Green Bay metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Green Bay metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.0 | 34.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $313K | $307K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 720 | 706 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.5% | +1.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,097 | $1,061 | $958 |
| Median household income | $79,267 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 189+0.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,079
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $51.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 241Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 477125 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 556The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Green Bay 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 Green Bay metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 336,756+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 136,101
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,870 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 177
- Median household income
- $79,267+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,173
- Median home value
- $257,300
- Jobs located here
- 173,676
- Daytime population
- 339,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Green Bay metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison, WI | 81 | 872 | 28.9 | $353K | +4.1% | #7 of 387 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 78 | 4,270 | 28.9 | $377K | +2.6% | #18 of 387 |
| 2Kenosha, WI | 72 | 233 | 33.8 | $324K | −0.4% | #43 of 387 |
| 3Green Bay, WI | 69 | 477 | 35.0 | $313K | +2.5% | #61 of 387 |
| 4La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 63 | 239 | 33.2 | $318K | +0.4% | #94 of 387 |
| 5Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 62 | 241 | 33.2 | $313K | +1.4% | #102 of 387 |
| 6Wausau, WI | 61 | 193 | 33.4 | $338K | +1.0% | #110 of 387 |
| 7Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 61 | 2,030 | 30.9 | $311K | 0.0% | #111 of 387 |
| 8Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 61 | 276 | 34.3 | $309K | +0.4% | #112 of 387 |
| 9Appleton, WI | 59 | 372 | 37.3 | $304K | +2.7% | #130 of 387 |
Other business types in the Green Bay 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 care69
- Auto repair shops67
- Collision repair and body shops58
- Car washes and detailing69
- Tire shops77
- Oil change and quick lube40
- Gas stations40
- Insurance agencies33
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 Green Bay, WI metro area?
There are 477 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in the Green Bay metro area as of September 2026. 125 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 189 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 0.5% from 2019. Official counts list 241 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Green Bay, WI metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $149.3M a year, or $1,097 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 477 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $313K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 136,101 households in the Green Bay metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Green Bay, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The Green Bay metro area has 35.0 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $313K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, the Green Bay metro area would have about 556, against 477 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 720 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Green Bay, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Green Bay metro area at 336,756 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 136,101 households. Median household income in the Green Bay metro area is $79,267, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.0%, 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 Green Bay metro area scores 69 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #61 of 387 scored metro areas.
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