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Auto repair shops in Sangamon County, IL
How Sangamon County, IL 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #798 of 2,378 scored counties
#17 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 150
- 27 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 75
- −8.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $83.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $985 a household
- Spending per listing
- $556K
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.7
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 194,170
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $985 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Sangamon County spend about $83.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $556K per shop, 25% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Sangamon County has 150 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.7, 18% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sangamon County was 75 in 2023, down 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,130 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 72 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $4M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sangamon County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sangamon County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Sangamon County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #798 of 2,378 scored counties and #17 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.
How Sangamon 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 | Sangamon County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.7 | 20.3 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $556K | $479K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,130 | 840 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.5% | −1.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $985 | $975 | $958 |
| Median household income | $75,357 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 82 → 75−8.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 428
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 72Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15027 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 188The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sangamon 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 Sangamon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 194,170−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 84,762
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 868 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 225
- Median household income
- $75,357+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,226
- Median home value
- $176,300
- Jobs located here
- 128,055
- Daytime population
- 233,017Residents 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 Sangamon 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 |
| 17Sangamon County, IL | 58 | 150 | 17.7 | $556K | −1.0% | #798 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Sangamon 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
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Sangamon County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 150 auto repair shops in Sangamon County. 27 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 75 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 8.5% from 2019. Another 72 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sangamon County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $83.5M a year, or $985 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 150 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $556K 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 84,762 households in Sangamon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sangamon County, IL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Sangamon County has 17.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $556K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Sangamon County would have about 188, against 150 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,130 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Sangamon County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Sangamon County at 194,170 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 84,762 households. Median household income in Sangamon County is $75,357, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.7%, 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. Sangamon County scores 58 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #798 of 2,378 scored counties.
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