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Auto repair shops in Monroe County, FL

How Monroe 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,653 of 2,378 scored counties
#52 of 64 scored counties in Florida

Listings
69
9 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
25
−24.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$28.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $838 a household
Spending per listing
$418K
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.1
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,406
−2.9% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Monroe County comes to about $28.8M a year: $838 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 69 auto repair shops, that is $418K per shop, 6% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Monroe County has 69 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.1, 7% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Monroe County was 25 in 2023, down 24.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,376 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 122 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Monroe County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Monroe County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,653 of 2,378 scored counties and #52 of 64 scored counties in Florida.

How Monroe 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.

Auto repair shops in Monroe County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMonroe CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.121.121.5
Spending per listing$418K$396K$445K
Households per official establishment1,3761,036955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−24.2%+5.5%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.9%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$838$835$958
Median household income$87,738$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4044

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33 → 25−24.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
76
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
122Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
699 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
65The 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County

Population, 2025 estimate
80,406−2.9% since 2020
Households
34,405
Median age
48.9
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
983 sq. mi.
People per square mile
83
Median household income
$87,738+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$136,520
Median home value
$780,600
Jobs located here
41,028
Daytime population
79,622Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Florida

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

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Johns County, FL8513011.2$869K+25.0%#47 of 2,378
2Walton County, FL853811.1$857K+22.9%#48 of 2,378
3Santa Rosa County, FL8510113.9$738K+11.7%#49 of 2,378
4Gulf County, FL8358.4$1.1M+11.7%#65 of 2,378
5Nassau County, FL815714.5$679K+17.4%#100 of 2,378
6Sumter County, FL80466.5$1.1M+21.1%#107 of 2,378
7Flagler County, FL747714.6$597K+21.0%#233 of 2,378
8Franklin County, FL73612.1$704K+4.5%#253 of 2,378
9Clay County, FL7114917.8$543K+9.4%#319 of 2,378
10Hernando County, FL7012515.2$563K+13.3%#345 of 2,378
52Monroe County, FL406920.1$418K−2.9%#1,653 of 2,378

Other business types in Monroe County

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

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Monroe County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 auto repair shops in Monroe County. 9 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 24.2% from 2019. Another 122 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Monroe County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $28.8M a year, or $838 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $418K 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 34,405 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Monroe County, FL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Monroe County has 20.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $418K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Monroe County would have about 65, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,376 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 24.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Monroe County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Monroe County at 80,406 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,405 households. Median household income in Monroe County is $87,738, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Monroe County scores 40 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,653 of 2,378 scored counties.

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