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Auto repair shops in Morgan County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Morgan County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,789 of 2,378 scored counties
#31 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 39
- 10 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,126 a household
- Spending per listing
- $320K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.2
- 64% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,306
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Morgan County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,789 of 2,378 scored counties and #31 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 auto repair shops in Morgan County. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 35.2 per 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Households in Morgan County spend about $12.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,126 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. Spread across 39 auto repair shops, that is $320K per shop, 28% below 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 19 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Morgan County in 2023. That is one for every 583 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $172K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Morgan County. Population estimates put the population change in Morgan County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Morgan 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 | Morgan County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.2 | 22.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $320K | $485K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 583 | 855 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.3% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,126 | $1,112 | $958 |
| Median household income | $73,278 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3910 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $172K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Morgan 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 Morgan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,306+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,069
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,281 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $73,278+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,230
- Median home value
- $338,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,665
- Daytime population
- 25,925Residents 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 |
| 31Morgan County, CO | 37 | 39 | 35.2 | $320K | +4.2% | #1,789 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Morgan 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
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Morgan County, CO?
There are 39 auto repair shops on map listings in Morgan County as of September 2026. 10 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Morgan County, CO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.5M a year, or $1,126 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $320K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,069 households in Morgan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morgan County, CO compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Morgan County has 35.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $320K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Morgan County would have about 28, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 583 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Morgan County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Morgan County at 30,306 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,069 households. The median household income in Morgan County is $73,278 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.5% 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. Morgan County scores 37 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,789 of 2,378 scored counties.
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