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Auto repair shops in Kendall County, IL
The auto repair shops in Kendall County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #78 of 2,378 scored counties
#1 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 78
- 20 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- +11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $58.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,292 a household
- Spending per listing
- $752K
- 69% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.2
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,470
- +9.9% since 2020
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What this means
Kendall County scores 82 (high) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #78 of 2,378 scored counties and #1 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Kendall County comes to about $58.6M a year: $1,292 per household, 35% above the U.S. average. That is about $752K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 69% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Kendall County has 78 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 17.2 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Kendall County in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 907 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Kendall County. Population estimates show Kendall County grew 9.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Kendall County 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 | Kendall County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.2 | 20.3 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $752K | $479K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 907 | 840 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.1% | −1.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,292 | $975 | $958 |
| Median household income | $111,601 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45 → 50+11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 201
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 114Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7820 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 132The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Kendall 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 Kendall County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,470+9.9% since 2020
- Households
- 45,372
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 320 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 430
- Median household income
- $111,601+15.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $129,379
- Median home value
- $322,400
- Jobs located here
- 30,568
- Daytime population
- 86,410Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Kendall County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 82 | 78 | 17.2 | $752K | +9.9% | #78 of 2,378 |
| 2Piatt County, IL | 76 | 9 | 13.0 | $994K | +0.6% | #182 of 2,378 |
| 3Woodford County, IL | 70 | 22 | 15.0 | $818K | −0.8% | #330 of 2,378 |
| 4Marshall County, IL | 70 | 8 | 15.7 | $743K | −2.0% | #332 of 2,378 |
| 5Boone County, IL | 69 | 40 | 20.6 | $583K | +0.4% | #375 of 2,378 |
| 6Menard County, IL | 68 | 8 | 15.3 | $725K | −3.3% | #401 of 2,378 |
| 7Crawford County, IL | 67 | 18 | 24.0 | $475K | +0.1% | #477 of 2,378 |
| 8Jersey County, IL | 65 | 16 | 20.1 | $599K | −1.5% | #517 of 2,378 |
| 9Greene County, IL | 64 | 8 | 18.0 | $648K | −5.1% | #550 of 2,378 |
| 10Douglas County, IL | 63 | 11 | 14.2 | $781K | +0.5% | #588 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Kendall 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 Kendall County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 78 auto repair shops in Kendall County. 20 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 114 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kendall County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $58.6M a year, or $1,292 per household. That is 35% above the U.S. average (an index of 135, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $752K 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 45,372 households in Kendall County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kendall County, IL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Kendall County has 17.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $752K, 69% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Kendall County would have about 132, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 907 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Kendall County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Kendall County at 145,470 people in 2025, up 9.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,372 households. Median household income in Kendall County is $111,601, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.6%, 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. Kendall County scores 82 for auto repair shops (high), #78 of 2,378 scored counties.
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