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Auto repair shops in Maricopa County, AZ

How Maricopa County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #786 of 2,378 scored counties
#9 of 14 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
4,177
834 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
1,723
+14.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.8B
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,050 a household
Spending per listing
$435K
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.1
12% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,689,558
+5.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,050 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Maricopa County spend about $1.8B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $435K per shop, 2% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Maricopa County has 4,177 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 834 are chain locations, or 20%, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.1, 12% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts show 1,723 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Maricopa County in 2023, up 14.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,004 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3,463 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 119 SBA-backed loans worth $101.2M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Maricopa County.

Population estimates put the population change in Maricopa County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Maricopa County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #786 of 2,378 scored counties and #9 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.

How Maricopa County compares

The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Auto repair shops in Maricopa County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureMaricopa CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.122.721.5
Spending per listing$435K$458K$445K
Households per official establishment1,0041,040955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.2%+8.6%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,050$1,037$958
Median household income$89,300$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score5962

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,509 → 1,723+14.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
11,863
Annual payroll, 2023
$739.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
3,463Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4,177834 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4,088The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
119
Amount
$101.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Maricopa 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 Maricopa County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,689,558+5.5% since 2020
Households
1,730,696
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
9,202 sq. mi.
People per square mile
496
Median household income
$89,300+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$120,023
Median home value
$452,800
Jobs located here
2,317,205
Daytime population
4,768,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Arizona

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The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Maricopa County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ9024315.0$733K+25.4%#24 of 2,378
2Santa Cruz County, AZ742313.6$794K+4.8%#221 of 2,378
3Graham County, AZ732217.3$710K+4.0%#252 of 2,378
4Apache County, AZ702210.4$918K−2.2%#328 of 2,378
5Cochise County, AZ639618.8$561K+0.6%#605 of 2,378
6Gila County, AZ634719.9$508K+0.9%#613 of 2,378
7Yavapai County, AZ6225723.1$476K+6.5%#668 of 2,378
8Yuma County, AZ5916020.2$479K+9.2%#774 of 2,378
9Maricopa County, AZ594,17724.1$435K+5.5%#786 of 2,378
10Pima County, AZ5789920.5$467K+2.8%#864 of 2,378

Other business types in Maricopa County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Maricopa County, AZ?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4,177 auto repair shops in Maricopa County. 834 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 1,723 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 14.2% from 2019. Another 3,463 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Maricopa County, AZ spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $1.8B a year, or $1,050 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4,177 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $435K per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,730,696 households in Maricopa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Maricopa County, AZ compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Maricopa County has 24.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $435K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Maricopa County would have about 4,088, against 4,177 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,004 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Maricopa County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Maricopa County at 4,689,558 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,730,696 households. Median household income in Maricopa County is $89,300, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.5%, 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. Maricopa County scores 59 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #786 of 2,378 scored counties.

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