Auto · Small-town market · Colorado
Auto repair shops in the Cañon City, CO area
How the Cañon City, CO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #33 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 36
- 4 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,108 a household
- Spending per listing
- $553K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.0
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,039
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, the Cañon City area has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #33 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for auto repair shops.
As of September 2026, map listings count 36 auto repair shops in the Cañon City area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 11%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 20.0 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Cañon City area comes to about $19.9M a year: $1,108 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 36 auto repair shops, that is $553K per shop, 24% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in the Cañon City area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 999 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Cañon City area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Cañon City area 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 | Cañon City area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.0 | 22.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $553K | $485K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 999 | 855 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.3% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,108 | $1,112 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,664 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 41Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 364 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 the Cañon City 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 Cañon City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,039+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,976
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,534 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $62,664+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,400
- Median home value
- $324,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,334
- Daytime population
- 42,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cañon City, CO | 76 | 36 | 20.0 | $553K | +2.4% | #33 of 538 |
| 2Durango, CO | 63 | 59 | 24.2 | $482K | +2.2% | #133 of 538 |
| 3Breckenridge, CO | 60 | 34 | 21.8 | $525K | +1.1% | #165 of 538 |
| 4Edwards, CO | 58 | 55 | 24.9 | $485K | −2.4% | #183 of 538 |
| 5Rifle, CO | 54 | 84 | 25.8 | $450K | +1.2% | #232 of 538 |
| 6Alamosa, CO | 54 | 33 | 28.8 | $366K | +2.1% | #241 of 538 |
| 7Steamboat Springs, CO | 53 | 45 | 27.0 | $447K | +0.9% | #251 of 538 |
| 8Montrose, CO | 42 | 65 | 36.0 | $318K | +4.1% | #359 of 538 |
| 9Fort Morgan, CO | 41 | 39 | 35.2 | $320K | +4.2% | #365 of 538 |
| 10Sterling, CO | 19 | 26 | 31.7 | $319K | −2.7% | #511 of 538 |
Other business types in the Cañon City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Cañon City, CO area?
The Cañon City area has 36 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Cañon City, CO area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $19.9M a year, or $1,108 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $553K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,976 households in the Cañon City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cañon City, CO area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Cañon City area has 20.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $553K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Cañon City area would have about 45, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 999 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cañon City, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Cañon City area at 50,039 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,976 households. The median household income in the Cañon City area is $62,664 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Cañon City area scores 76 for auto repair shops (high), #33 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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