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Auto repair shops in Douglas County, CO

The auto repair shops in Douglas County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #71 of 2,378 scored counties
#2 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
230
94 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
150
+5.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$178.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,276 a household
Spending per listing
$777K
75% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.4
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
399,396
+10.9% 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

For auto repair shops, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 83 (high): #71 of 2,378 scored counties and #2 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Douglas County comes to about $178.6M a year: $1,276 per household, 33% above the U.S. average. That works out to $777K per shop, 75% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Douglas County has 230 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 94 are chain locations, or 41%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 16.4 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts show 150 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Douglas County in 2023, up 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 933 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $9.7M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Douglas County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 10.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Douglas 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.

Auto repair shops in Douglas County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.422.921.5
Spending per listing$777K$485K$445K
Households per official establishment933855955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.6%+3.3%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.9%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,276$1,112$958
Median household income$149,594$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score8359

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
142 → 150+5.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,094
Annual payroll, 2023
$77M
One-person businesses, 2023
171Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
23094 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
402The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
12
Amount
$9.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
399,396+10.9% since 2020
Households
139,960
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
840 sq. mi.
People per square mile
449
Median household income
$149,594+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$183,544
Median home value
$713,600
Jobs located here
144,461
Daytime population
321,562Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Colorado

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

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Park County, CO831415.6$870K+5.1%#69 of 2,378
2Douglas County, CO8323016.4$777K+10.9%#71 of 2,378
3Elbert County, CO782323.0$736K+16.5%#151 of 2,378
4Weld County, CO7429723.9$523K+14.2%#241 of 2,378
5Pitkin County, CO7188.7$1.2M−4.2%#301 of 2,378
6Broomfield County, CO706319.8$556K+6.3%#346 of 2,378
7Fremont County, CO673620.0$553K+2.4%#464 of 2,378
8Denver County, CO6558117.3$510K+3.2%#529 of 2,378
9Delta County, CO642720.8$542K+3.6%#567 of 2,378
10Teller County, CO622117.7$700K0.0%#639 of 2,378

Other business types in Douglas County

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

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Douglas County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 230 auto repair shops in Douglas County. 94 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 150 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 5.6% from 2019. Another 171 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Douglas County, CO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $178.6M a year, or $1,276 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 230 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $777K 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 139,960 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Douglas County, CO compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Douglas County has 16.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $777K, 75% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Douglas County would have about 402, against 230 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 933 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Douglas County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 399,396 people in 2025, up 10.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 139,960 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $149,594, 85% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.9%, 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. Douglas County scores 83 for auto repair shops (high), #71 of 2,378 scored counties.

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