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Auto repair shops in Pitkin County, CO
The auto repair shops in Pitkin County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #301 of 2,378 scored counties
#5 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,046 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,625
- −4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Pitkin County spend about $9.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,046 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per shop, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Pitkin County has 8 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Pitkin County in 2023. That is one for every 1,843 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.2M has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Pitkin County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pitkin County declined 4.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Pitkin County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #301 of 2,378 scored counties and #5 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pitkin 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 | Pitkin County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 22.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $485K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,843 | 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 | $1,046 | $1,112 | $958 |
| Median household income | $102,645 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Pitkin 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 Pitkin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,625−4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,215
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 971 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $102,645+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $192,754
- Median home value
- $1,139,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,787
- Daytime population
- 24,636Residents 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 |
Other business types in Pitkin County
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 Pitkin County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 auto repair shops in Pitkin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pitkin County, CO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9.6M a year, or $1,046 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 9,215 households in Pitkin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pitkin County, CO compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Pitkin County has 8.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Pitkin County would have about 22, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,843 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Pitkin County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Pitkin County at 16,625 people in 2025, down 4.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,215 households. Median household income in Pitkin County is $102,645, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.0%, 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. Pitkin County scores 71 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #301 of 2,378 scored counties.
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