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Auto repair and car care businesses in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area
How the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #102 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 241
- 75 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 104
- +16.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $75.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,039 a household
- Spending per listing
- $313K
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.2
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 174,218
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area comes to about $75.5M a year: $1,039 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $313K of household spending for each business on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
The Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has 241 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 75 are chain locations, or 31%, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.2, 7% 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 Oshkosh-Neenah metro area was 104 in 2023, up 16.9% from 2019. That is one for every 699 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 94 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair and car care businesses, the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #102 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Oshkosh-Neenah 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 | Oshkosh-Neenah metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.2 | 34.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $313K | $307K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 699 | 706 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.9% | +1.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,039 | $1,061 | $958 |
| Median household income | $74,925 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 104+16.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 799
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $41.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 94Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 24175 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 281The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Oshkosh-Neenah 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 Oshkosh-Neenah metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 174,218+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 72,667
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 395
- Median household income
- $74,925+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,286
- Median home value
- $225,800
- Jobs located here
- 96,519
- Daytime population
- 182,504Residents 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 Oshkosh-Neenah 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 Oshkosh-Neenah 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 care62
- Auto repair shops64
- Collision repair and body shops65
- Car washes and detailing49
- Tire shops71
- Oil change and quick lube60
- Gas stations46
- Insurance agencies38
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 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 241 auto repair and car care businesses in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area. 75 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 104 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 16.9% from 2019. Official counts list 94 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $75.5M a year, or $1,039 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 241 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $313K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,667 households in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The Oshkosh-Neenah metro area has 33.2 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $313K, 17% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area would have about 281, against 241 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 699 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Oshkosh-Neenah, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area at 174,218 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,667 households. The median household income in the Oshkosh-Neenah metro area is $74,925 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.0% 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 Oshkosh-Neenah metro area scores 62 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #102 of 387 scored metro areas.
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