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Auto repair shops in Johnson County, KS
How Johnson County, KS 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 86 out of 100: High
Ranked #40 of 2,378 scored counties
#1 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 353
- 107 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 180
- +2.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $291.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,169 a household
- Spending per listing
- $826K
- 86% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.1
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 636,906
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Johnson County scores 86 (high) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #40 of 2,378 scored counties and #1 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Johnson County comes to about $291.6M a year: $1,169 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That is about $826K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 86% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Johnson County has 353 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 107 are chain locations, or 30%, against 16% across the U.S. That is 14.1 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Johnson County was 180 in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,386 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $4.4M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Johnson County. Population estimates put the population change in Johnson County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Johnson County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Johnson County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.1 | 22.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $826K | $500K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,386 | 881 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.3% | −1.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,169 | $1,140 | $958 |
| Median household income | $109,208 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 86 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 176 → 180+2.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $65.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 217Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 353107 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 656The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $4.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 636,906+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 249,531
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,310
- Median household income
- $109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $146,207
- Median home value
- $391,200
- Jobs located here
- 379,207
- Daytime population
- 678,980Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Johnson County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, KS | 86 | 353 | 14.1 | $826K | +4.2% | #40 of 2,378 |
| 2Dickinson County, KS | 84 | 13 | 16.2 | $799K | +1.4% | #59 of 2,378 |
| 3Jefferson County, KS | 81 | 13 | 17.5 | $795K | −0.2% | #96 of 2,378 |
| 4Jackson County, KS | 80 | 12 | 23.9 | $572K | +1.5% | #122 of 2,378 |
| 5Miami County, KS | 76 | 23 | 16.7 | $780K | +5.9% | #185 of 2,378 |
| 6Butler County, KS | 76 | 59 | 23.3 | $564K | +3.1% | #197 of 2,378 |
| 7Leavenworth County, KS | 74 | 53 | 17.6 | $710K | +3.2% | #225 of 2,378 |
| 8Douglas County, KS | 73 | 79 | 15.7 | $660K | +1.8% | #258 of 2,378 |
| 9Riley County, KS | 72 | 40 | 14.4 | $729K | +0.8% | #283 of 2,378 |
| 10Pottawatomie County, KS | 69 | 18 | 19.2 | $692K | +6.9% | #363 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Johnson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Johnson County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 353 auto repair shops in Johnson County. 107 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 180 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 217 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Johnson County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $291.6M a year, or $1,169 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 353 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $826K 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 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, KS compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Johnson County has 14.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $826K, 86% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Johnson County would have about 656, against 353 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,386 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 86 for auto repair shops (high), #40 of 2,378 scored counties.
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