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Auto repair shops in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area
How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #248 of 387 scored metro areas
#18 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 757
- 124 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 358
- +2.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $350.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,249 a household
- Spending per listing
- $463K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.0
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 830,851
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area spend about $350.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,249 per household, 30% above the U.S. average. Spread across 757 auto repair shops, that is $463K per shop, 4% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 757 auto repair shops on map listings in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.0, 26% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 358 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 783 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 515 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 33 SBA-backed loans worth $21.4M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area.
Population estimates show the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #248 of 387 scored metro areas and #18 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area 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 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.0 | 24.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $463K | $455K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 783 | 861 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.6% | +2.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,249 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $109,797 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 358+2.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,764
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $103.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 515Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 757124 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 788The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 33
- Amount
- $21.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area, 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 the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 830,851−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 280,360
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,841 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 455
- Median household income
- $109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $144,867
- Median home value
- $822,700
- Jobs located here
- 321,509
- Daytime population
- 755,963Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Merced, CA | 78 | 180 | 20.9 | $531K | +5.1% | #20 of 387 |
| 2Napa, CA | 68 | 81 | 16.3 | $743K | −3.3% | #61 of 387 |
| 3Vallejo, CA | 64 | 360 | 22.9 | $539K | +0.6% | #88 of 387 |
| 4Stockton-Lodi, CA | 63 | 617 | 25.2 | $485K | +5.5% | #92 of 387 |
| 5San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 62 | 1,496 | 22.0 | $552K | −0.6% | #95 of 387 |
| 6San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 61 | 245 | 22.4 | $535K | 0.0% | #104 of 387 |
| 7Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 58 | 202 | 20.8 | $590K | −4.7% | #123 of 387 |
| 8Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 58 | 2,068 | 23.4 | $479K | +3.2% | #130 of 387 |
| 9Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 57 | 405 | 21.2 | $557K | −0.4% | #136 of 387 |
| 10Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 54 | 4,024 | 27.7 | $444K | +3.5% | #169 of 387 |
| 18Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 45 | 757 | 27.0 | $463K | −1.5% | #248 of 387 |
Other business types in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Health care
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 757 auto repair shops in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. 124 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 358 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 515 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $350.2M a year, or $1,249 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 757 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $463K 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 280,360 households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 27.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $463K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area would have about 788, against 757 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 783 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. Median household income in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is $109,797, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 45 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #248 of 387 scored metro areas.
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