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Auto repair shops in Citrus County, FL
How Citrus County, FL 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 #663 of 2,378 scored counties
#16 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 116
- 24 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 59
- +3.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $57.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $812 a household
- Spending per listing
- $499K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 171,666
- +11.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 116 auto repair shops in Citrus County. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $812 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Citrus County spend about $57.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $499K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 12% 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.
Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Citrus County in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,208 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 134 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $240K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Citrus County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Citrus County grew 11.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Citrus County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #663 of 2,378 scored counties and #16 of 64 scored counties in Florida.
How Citrus County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Citrus County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $499K | $396K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,208 | 1,036 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.5% | +5.5% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $812 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,546 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 57 → 59+3.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 201
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 134Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11624 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 130The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $240K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Citrus 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 Citrus County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 171,666+11.1% since 2020
- Households
- 71,291
- Median age
- 55.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 582 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 279
- Median household income
- $56,546+27.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,687
- Median home value
- $245,500
- Jobs located here
- 35,013
- Daytime population
- 146,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with Citrus County marked.
Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Johns County, FL | 85 | 130 | 11.2 | $869K | +25.0% | #47 of 2,378 |
| 2Walton County, FL | 85 | 38 | 11.1 | $857K | +22.9% | #48 of 2,378 |
| 3Santa Rosa County, FL | 85 | 101 | 13.9 | $738K | +11.7% | #49 of 2,378 |
| 4Gulf County, FL | 83 | 5 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +11.7% | #65 of 2,378 |
| 5Nassau County, FL | 81 | 57 | 14.5 | $679K | +17.4% | #100 of 2,378 |
| 6Sumter County, FL | 80 | 46 | 6.5 | $1.1M | +21.1% | #107 of 2,378 |
| 7Flagler County, FL | 74 | 77 | 14.6 | $597K | +21.0% | #233 of 2,378 |
| 8Franklin County, FL | 73 | 6 | 12.1 | $704K | +4.5% | #253 of 2,378 |
| 9Clay County, FL | 71 | 149 | 17.8 | $543K | +9.4% | #319 of 2,378 |
| 10Hernando County, FL | 70 | 125 | 15.2 | $563K | +13.3% | #345 of 2,378 |
| 16Citrus County, FL | 62 | 116 | 16.3 | $499K | +11.1% | #663 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Citrus 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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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Citrus County, FL?
There are 116 auto repair shops on map listings in Citrus County as of September 2026. 24 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 134 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Citrus County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $57.9M a year, or $812 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 116 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $499K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,291 households in Citrus County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Citrus County, FL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Citrus County has 16.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $499K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Citrus County would have about 130, against 116 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,208 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Citrus County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Citrus County at 171,666 people in 2025, up 11.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,291 households. The median household income in Citrus County is $56,546 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.8% 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. 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. Citrus County scores 62 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #663 of 2,378 scored counties.
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