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Auto repair shops in Okeechobee County, FL
How Okeechobee 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,746 of 2,378 scored counties
#55 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 34
- 6 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $828 a household
- Spending per listing
- $368K
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.5
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,608
- +7.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 auto repair shops in Okeechobee County. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.5, 5% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Okeechobee County comes to about $12.5M a year: $828 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $368K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 17% 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 18 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Okeechobee County in 2023. That is one for every 840 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Okeechobee County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Okeechobee County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,746 of 2,378 scored counties and #55 of 64 scored counties in Florida.
How Okeechobee 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 | Okeechobee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.5 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $368K | $396K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 840 | 1,036 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $828 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,984 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 346 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,608+7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 15,113
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 769 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $57,984+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,029
- Median home value
- $193,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,546
- Daytime population
- 37,214Residents 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 Okeechobee 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 |
| 55Okeechobee County, FL | 38 | 34 | 22.5 | $368K | +7.4% | #1,746 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Okeechobee 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
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Clothing and laundry
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Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Okeechobee County, FL?
There are 34 auto repair shops on map listings in Okeechobee County as of September 2026. 6 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Okeechobee County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.5M a year, or $828 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $368K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,113 households in Okeechobee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Okeechobee County, FL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Okeechobee County has 22.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $368K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Okeechobee County would have about 28, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 840 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Okeechobee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Okeechobee County at 42,608 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,113 households. The median household income in Okeechobee County is $57,984 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Okeechobee County scores 38 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,746 of 2,378 scored counties.
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