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Auto repair shops in Palm Beach County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Palm Beach County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,332 of 2,378 scored counties
#40 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 1,156
- 160 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 638
- +4.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $502.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $830 a household
- Spending per listing
- $435K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,575,726
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,156 auto repair shops in Palm Beach County. Of those, 160 are chain locations, or 14%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 19.1 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Palm Beach County comes to about $502.4M a year: $830 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $435K per shop, 2% 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 638 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Palm Beach County in 2023, up 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 949 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 1,827 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 32 SBA-backed loans worth $22.5M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Palm Beach County.
Population estimates show Palm Beach County grew 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Palm Beach County is 47 (lower middle), #1,332 of 2,378 scored counties and #40 of 64 scored counties in Florida.
How Palm Beach 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 | Palm Beach County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.1 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $435K | $396K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 949 | 1,036 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.1% | +5.5% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $830 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $83,581 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 613 → 638+4.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,334
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $129.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,827Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,156160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,130The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 32
- Amount
- $22.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,575,726+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 605,430
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,964 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 781
- Median household income
- $83,581+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,577
- Median home value
- $447,300
- Jobs located here
- 678,049
- Daytime population
- 1,576,309Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 40Palm Beach County, FL | 47 | 1,156 | 19.1 | $435K | +5.5% | #1,332 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Palm Beach County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Palm Beach County, FL?
Palm Beach County has 1,156 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 160 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 638 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 4.1% from 2019. Official counts list 1,827 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Palm Beach County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $502.4M a year, or $830 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,156 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $435K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 605,430 households in Palm Beach County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Palm Beach County, FL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Palm Beach County has 19.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $435K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Palm Beach County would have about 1,130, against 1,156 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 949 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Palm Beach County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Palm Beach County at 1,575,726 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 605,430 households. The median household income in Palm Beach County is $83,581 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Palm Beach County scores 47 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,332 of 2,378 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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