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Auto repair shops in Boulder County, CO
How Boulder County, CO 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #643 of 2,378 scored counties
#11 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 247
- 57 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 137
- −6.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $147.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,074 a household
- Spending per listing
- $596K
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.0
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,560
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Boulder County comes to about $147.2M a year: $1,074 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 247 auto repair shops, that is $596K per shop, 34% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Boulder County has 247 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.0, 16% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 137 businesses with payroll in Boulder County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, down 6.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,000 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 126 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $5M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Boulder County.
Population estimates show Boulder County declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Boulder County is 62 (upper middle), #643 of 2,378 scored counties and #11 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.
How Boulder County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Boulder County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.0 | 22.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $596K | $485K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,000 | 855 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.2% | +3.3% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,074 | $1,112 | $958 |
| Median household income | $103,994 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 146 → 137−6.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 825
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $53.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 126Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 24757 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 331The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Boulder 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 Boulder County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,560−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 137,008
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 726 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 453
- Median household income
- $103,994+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,846
- Median home value
- $756,300
- Jobs located here
- 190,563
- Daytime population
- 376,803Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Park County, CO | 83 | 14 | 15.6 | $870K | +5.1% | #69 of 2,378 |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 83 | 230 | 16.4 | $777K | +10.9% | #71 of 2,378 |
| 3Elbert County, CO | 78 | 23 | 23.0 | $736K | +16.5% | #151 of 2,378 |
| 4Weld County, CO | 74 | 297 | 23.9 | $523K | +14.2% | #241 of 2,378 |
| 5Pitkin County, CO | 71 | 8 | 8.7 | $1.2M | −4.2% | #301 of 2,378 |
| 6Broomfield County, CO | 70 | 63 | 19.8 | $556K | +6.3% | #346 of 2,378 |
| 7Fremont County, CO | 67 | 36 | 20.0 | $553K | +2.4% | #464 of 2,378 |
| 8Denver County, CO | 65 | 581 | 17.3 | $510K | +3.2% | #529 of 2,378 |
| 9Delta County, CO | 64 | 27 | 20.8 | $542K | +3.6% | #567 of 2,378 |
| 10Teller County, CO | 62 | 21 | 17.7 | $700K | 0.0% | #639 of 2,378 |
| 11Boulder County, CO | 62 | 247 | 18.0 | $596K | −0.7% | #643 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Boulder County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Boulder County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 247 auto repair shops in Boulder County. 57 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 137 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 6.2% from 2019. Official counts list 126 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Boulder County, CO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $147.2M a year, or $1,074 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 247 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $596K 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 137,008 households in Boulder County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boulder County, CO compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Boulder County has 18.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $596K, 34% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Boulder County would have about 331, against 247 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,000 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Boulder County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Boulder County at 328,560 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 137,008 households. Median household income in Boulder County is $103,994, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Boulder County scores 62 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #643 of 2,378 scored counties.
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