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Auto repair shops in Del Norte County, CA
How Del Norte 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #398 of 2,378 scored counties
#12 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,030 a household
- Spending per listing
- $817K
- 84% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.6
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,410
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Del Norte County comes to about $9.8M a year: $1,030 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 12 auto repair shops, that is $817K per shop, 84% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Del Norte County has 12 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 12.6 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Del Norte County in 2023. That is one for every 1,587 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $90K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Del Norte County.
Population estimates show Del Norte County declined 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Del Norte County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #398 of 2,378 scored counties and #12 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Del Norte 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 | Del Norte County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.6 | 24.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $817K | $455K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,587 | 861 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,030 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,058 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $673K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $90K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Del Norte 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 Del Norte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,410−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,522
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,006 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $67,058+48.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,665
- Median home value
- $342,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,729
- Daytime population
- 25,295Residents 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 |
| 12Del Norte County, CA | 68 | 12 | 12.6 | $817K | −4.4% | #398 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Del Norte 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 Del Norte County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 auto repair shops in Del Norte County. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Del Norte County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9.8M a year, or $1,030 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $817K 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 9,522 households in Del Norte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Del Norte County, CA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Del Norte County has 12.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $817K, 84% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Del Norte County would have about 22, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,587 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Del Norte County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Del Norte County at 26,410 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,522 households. Median household income in Del Norte County is $67,058, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 48.1%, 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. Del Norte County scores 68 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #398 of 2,378 scored counties.
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