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Auto repair shops in Sumter County, FL
How Sumter 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 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #107 of 2,378 scored counties
#6 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 46
- 11 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $717 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,772
- +21.1% since 2020
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What this means
Sumter County scores 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #107 of 2,378 scored counties and #6 of 64 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Sumter County comes to about $50.4M a year: $717 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Sumter County has 46 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sumter County in 2023. That is one for every 4,136 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sumter County. Population estimates put the population change in Sumter County from 2020 to 2025 at +21.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Sumter 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 | Sumter County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $396K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,136 | 1,036 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $717 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $76,508 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 74Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4611 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 113The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sumter 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 Sumter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,772+21.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,318
- Median age
- 62.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 88%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 557 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 257
- Median household income
- $76,508+33.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,339
- Median home value
- $385,400
- Jobs located here
- 37,385
- Daytime population
- 146,480Residents 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 |
Other business types in Sumter 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 Sumter County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 auto repair shops in Sumter County. 11 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 74 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sumter County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $50.4M a year, or $717 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 70,318 households in Sumter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sumter County, FL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Sumter County has 6.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $1.1M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Sumter County would have about 113, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,136 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Sumter County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Sumter County at 157,772 people in 2025, up 21.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,318 households. Median household income in Sumter County is $76,508, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.7%, 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. Sumter County scores 80 for auto repair shops (high), #107 of 2,378 scored counties.
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