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Auto repair shops in Amador County, CA
How Amador County, CA 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #603 of 2,378 scored counties
#17 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 34
- 8 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $19.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,199 a household
- Spending per listing
- $567K
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.1
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,876
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 auto repair shops in Amador County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 21.1 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $1,199 per household (25% above the U.S. average), households in Amador County spend about $19.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $567K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 28% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Amador County was 24 in 2023, down 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 670 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Amador County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Amador County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #603 of 2,378 scored counties and #17 of 55 scored counties in California.
How Amador County compares
The same measures for California 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.
| Measure | Amador County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.1 | 24.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $567K | $455K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 670 | 861 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.1% | +2.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,199 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $88,044 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 24−11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 145
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 348 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Amador 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 Amador County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,876+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 16,091
- Median age
- 48.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 595 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $88,044+40.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,400
- Median home value
- $449,800
- Jobs located here
- 12,065
- Daytime population
- 33,003Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 89 | 40 | 14.0 | $817K | +8.2% | #30 of 2,378 |
| 2Calaveras County, CA | 81 | 26 | 14.1 | $928K | +2.8% | #91 of 2,378 |
| 3San Benito County, CA | 80 | 47 | 22.9 | $633K | +8.6% | #117 of 2,378 |
| 4Mariposa County, CA | 79 | 8 | 10.7 | $1.1M | −1.2% | #126 of 2,378 |
| 5Placer County, CA | 77 | 323 | 20.4 | $591K | +8.9% | #172 of 2,378 |
| 6Contra Costa County, CA | 73 | 758 | 18.3 | $668K | +0.3% | #256 of 2,378 |
| 7Trinity County, CA | 72 | 5 | 9.0 | $1.2M | −2.3% | #278 of 2,378 |
| 8Merced County, CA | 72 | 180 | 20.9 | $531K | +5.1% | #297 of 2,378 |
| 9El Dorado County, CA | 70 | 134 | 17.6 | $729K | +0.6% | #334 of 2,378 |
| 10Mono County, CA | 69 | 6 | 10.4 | $1.1M | −5.4% | #357 of 2,378 |
| 17Amador County, CA | 63 | 34 | 21.1 | $567K | +3.2% | #603 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Amador County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Amador County, CA?
There are 34 auto repair shops on map listings in Amador County as of September 2026. 8 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 11.1% from 2019. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Amador County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $19.3M a year, or $1,199 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $567K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,091 households in Amador County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Amador County, CA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Amador County has 21.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $567K, 28% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Amador County would have about 43, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 670 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Amador County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Amador County at 41,876 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,091 households. The median household income in Amador County is $88,044 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.3% 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. Amador County scores 63 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #603 of 2,378 scored counties.
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