Auto · Small-town market · Indiana
Auto repair shops in the Wabash, IN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in the Wabash, IN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #38 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $901K
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.6
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,713
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, the Wabash area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #38 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for auto repair shops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 auto repair shops in the Wabash area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 12.6 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Wabash area comes to about $14.4M a year: $1,138 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That is about $901K of household spending for each shop on map listings, twice 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 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Wabash area in 2023. That is one for every 1,056 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Wabash area declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Wabash area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Wabash area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.6 | 21.3 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $901K | $504K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,056 | 928 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,138 | $1,072 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,806 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Wabash 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 Wabash area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,713−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 12,674
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 413 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $66,806+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,614
- Median home value
- $157,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,902
- Daytime population
- 29,095Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Wabash area marked.
Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bedford, IN | 85 | 37 | 19.3 | $612K | +1.2% | #10 of 538 |
| 2Monticello, IN | 77 | 23 | 22.4 | $514K | +2.0% | #32 of 538 |
| 3Wabash, IN | 75 | 16 | 12.6 | $901K | −0.7% | #38 of 538 |
| 4Frankfort, IN | 74 | 28 | 22.4 | $519K | +0.4% | #46 of 538 |
| 5New Castle, IN | 72 | 40 | 21.5 | $518K | +0.5% | #58 of 538 |
| 6Madison, IN | 72 | 30 | 23.5 | $501K | +0.6% | #59 of 538 |
| 7Greencastle, IN | 71 | 31 | 21.9 | $537K | +3.2% | #68 of 538 |
| 8Crawfordsville, IN | 69 | 37 | 23.7 | $474K | +2.7% | #83 of 538 |
| 9Auburn, IN | 68 | 37 | 21.6 | $549K | +2.9% | #88 of 538 |
| 10Connersville, IN | 67 | 20 | 21.2 | $501K | +0.7% | #95 of 538 |
Other business types in the Wabash 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 Wabash, IN area?
There are 16 auto repair shops on map listings in the Wabash area as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Wabash, IN area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $14.4M a year, or $1,138 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $901K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,674 households in the Wabash area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wabash, IN area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Wabash area has 12.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $901K, twice the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Wabash area would have about 32, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,056 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wabash, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Wabash area at 30,713 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,674 households. The median household income in the Wabash area is $66,806 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Wabash area scores 75 for auto repair shops (high), #38 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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