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Auto repair shops in the Bloomington, IL metro area
The auto repair shops in the Bloomington, IL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #71 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 129
- 33 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- +3.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $71.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,023 a household
- Spending per listing
- $557K
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 171,419
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 129 auto repair shops in the Bloomington metro area. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 18.4 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Bloomington metro area comes to about $71.8M a year: $1,023 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 129 auto repair shops, that is $557K per shop, 25% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Bloomington metro area was 61 in 2023, up 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,151 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 59 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $224K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Bloomington metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bloomington metro area grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in the Bloomington metro area is 67 (upper middle), #71 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Bloomington metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Bloomington metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 20.3 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $557K | $479K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,151 | 840 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.4% | −1.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,023 | $975 | $958 |
| Median household income | $79,905 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 61+3.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 576
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $63.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 59Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12933 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 162The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $224K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Bloomington metro area, 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 the Bloomington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 171,419+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,220
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,183 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $79,905+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,003
- Median home value
- $208,400
- Jobs located here
- 88,959
- Daytime population
- 180,672Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bloomington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bloomington, IL | 67 | 129 | 18.4 | $557K | +0.1% | #71 of 387 |
| 2Springfield, IL | 63 | 158 | 17.6 | $565K | −1.2% | #91 of 387 |
| 3Peoria, IL | 58 | 278 | 18.1 | $569K | −1.3% | #124 of 387 |
| 4Champaign-Urbana, IL | 58 | 186 | 18.9 | $486K | +1.5% | #128 of 387 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 56 | 2,259 | 19.5 | $537K | −0.2% | #144 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 51 | 343 | 21.2 | $488K | −0.9% | #194 of 387 |
| 5Decatur, IL | 44 | 81 | 18.6 | $499K | −4.3% | #252 of 387 |
| 6Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 42 | 7,235 | 19.9 | $482K | 0.0% | #265 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 40 | 94 | 24.5 | $439K | +1.7% | #272 of 387 |
| 7Kankakee, IL | 32 | 102 | 24.9 | $428K | −1.7% | #322 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bloomington metro area
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 the Bloomington, IL metro area?
There are 129 auto repair shops on map listings in the Bloomington metro area as of September 2026. 33 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 3.4% from 2019. Official counts list 59 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bloomington, IL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $71.8M a year, or $1,023 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $557K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,220 households in the Bloomington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bloomington, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Bloomington metro area has 18.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $557K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Bloomington metro area would have about 162, against 129 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,151 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bloomington, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bloomington metro area at 171,419 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,220 households. The median household income in the Bloomington metro area is $79,905 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.1% 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. The Bloomington metro area scores 67 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #71 of 387 scored metro areas.
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