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Auto repair shops in the Yuba City, CA metro area
How the Yuba City, 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #183 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 161
- 23 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 76
- +13.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $72.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,164 a household
- Spending per listing
- $448K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.0
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 187,478
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 161 auto repair shops in the Yuba City metro area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.0, 21% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $1,164 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in the Yuba City metro area spend about $72.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 161 auto repair shops, that is $448K per shop, in line with 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.
Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Yuba City metro area in 2023, up 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 815 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 123 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $432K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Yuba City metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Yuba City metro area grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Yuba City metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #183 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Yuba City 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 | Yuba City metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.0 | 24.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $448K | $455K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 815 | 861 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.6% | +2.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,164 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $78,179 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 76+13.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 326
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 123Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 162The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $432K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Yuba City 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 Yuba City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 187,478+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 61,927
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,235 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $78,179+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,808
- Median home value
- $424,200
- Jobs located here
- 48,001
- Daytime population
- 155,297Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in California, with the Yuba City metro area marked.
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 |
| 11Yuba City, CA | 53 | 161 | 26.0 | $448K | +3.3% | #183 of 387 |
Other business types in the Yuba City metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Yuba City, CA metro area?
The Yuba City metro area has 161 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 13.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 123 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Yuba City, CA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $72.1M a year, or $1,164 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 161 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $448K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,927 households in the Yuba City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Yuba City, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Yuba City metro area has 26.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $448K, in line with the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Yuba City metro area would have about 162, against 161 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 815 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Yuba City, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Yuba City metro area at 187,478 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,927 households. The median household income in the Yuba City metro area is $78,179 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.5% 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. The Yuba City metro area scores 53 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #183 of 387 scored metro areas.
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