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Auto repair shops in Pinal County, AZ

How Pinal 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 90 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #24 of 2,378 scored counties
#1 of 14 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
243
57 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
94
+23.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$178.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,101 a household
Spending per listing
$733K
65% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
539,380
+25.4% 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

For auto repair shops, Pinal County has a Groundwork market score of 90 (very high): #24 of 2,378 scored counties and #1 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 243 auto repair shops in Pinal County. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.0, 30% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

At $1,101 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Pinal County spend about $178.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $733K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 65% above the U.S. figure of $445K. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 94 businesses with payroll in Pinal County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 23.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,723 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $11.5M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Pinal County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pinal County grew 25.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Pinal 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 Pinal County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasurePinal CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.022.721.5
Spending per listing$733K$458K$445K
Households per official establishment1,7231,040955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.7%+8.6%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+25.4%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,101$1,037$958
Median household income$80,266$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score9062

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
76 → 94+23.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
551
Annual payroll, 2023
$27.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
344Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
24357 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
401The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$11.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
539,380+25.4% since 2020
Households
161,917
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
5,367 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$80,266+38.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,426
Median home value
$349,000
Jobs located here
73,719
Daytime population
335,464Residents 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 Pinal 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 Pinal County

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

Questions

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

There are 243 auto repair shops on map listings in Pinal County as of September 2026. 57 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 94 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 23.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 344 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $178.2M a year, or $1,101 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 243 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $733K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,917 households in Pinal County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pinal County has 15.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $733K, 65% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Pinal County would have about 401, against 243 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,723 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Pinal County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Pinal County at 539,380 people in 2025, up 25.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,917 households. The median household income in Pinal County is $80,266 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.0% 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. Pinal County scores 90 for auto repair shops (very high), #24 of 2,378 scored counties.

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