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Auto repair shops in Lassen County, CA

How Lassen 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,131 of 2,378 scored counties
#30 of 55 scored counties in California

Listings
18
3 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,087 a household
Spending per listing
$558K
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.5
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,117
−13.1% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lassen County comes to about $10.1M a year: $1,087 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $558K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 26% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 18 auto repair shops on map listings in Lassen County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 19.5 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Lassen County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 841 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Lassen County from 2020 to 2025 at −13.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Lassen County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #1,131 of 2,378 scored counties and #30 of 55 scored counties in California.

How Lassen 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.

Auto repair shops in Lassen County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureLassen CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.524.721.5
Spending per listing$558K$455K$445K
Households per official establishment841861955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.1%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−13.1%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,087$1,122$958
Median household income$67,403$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5142

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 11
Employees, 2023
34
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
15Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
183 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Lassen 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 Lassen County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,117−13.1% since 2020
Households
9,247
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,541 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$67,403+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,989
Median home value
$265,300
Jobs located here
7,005
Daytime population
30,176Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across California

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

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA894014.0$817K+8.2%#30 of 2,378
2Calaveras County, CA812614.1$928K+2.8%#91 of 2,378
3San Benito County, CA804722.9$633K+8.6%#117 of 2,378
4Mariposa County, CA79810.7$1.1M−1.2%#126 of 2,378
5Placer County, CA7732320.4$591K+8.9%#172 of 2,378
6Contra Costa County, CA7375818.3$668K+0.3%#256 of 2,378
7Trinity County, CA7259.0$1.2M−2.3%#278 of 2,378
8Merced County, CA7218020.9$531K+5.1%#297 of 2,378
9El Dorado County, CA7013417.6$729K+0.6%#334 of 2,378
10Mono County, CA69610.4$1.1M−5.4%#357 of 2,378
30Lassen County, CA511819.5$558K−13.1%#1,131 of 2,378

Other business types in Lassen County

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

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Lassen County, CA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 auto repair shops in Lassen County. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Lassen County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $10.1M a year, or $1,087 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $558K 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 9,247 households in Lassen County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lassen County, CA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Lassen County has 19.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $558K, 26% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Lassen County would have about 23, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 841 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Lassen County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Lassen County at 28,117 people in 2025, down 13.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,247 households. Median household income in Lassen County is $67,403, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. Lassen County scores 51 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #1,131 of 2,378 scored counties.

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