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Auto repair shops in Montgomery County, KS

How Montgomery 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,530 of 2,378 scored counties
#27 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
36
3 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,070 a household
Spending per listing
$383K
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.0
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,177
−3.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Montgomery County comes to about $13.8M a year: $1,070 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $383K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Montgomery County has 36 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 28.0 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Montgomery County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,171 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Montgomery County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Montgomery County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,530 of 2,378 scored counties and #27 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.

How Montgomery 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.

Auto repair shops in Montgomery County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.022.821.5
Spending per listing$383K$500K$445K
Households per official establishment1,171881955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.0%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,070$1,140$958
Median household income$55,697$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score4359

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 11
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
36Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
363 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,177−3.9% since 2020
Households
12,880
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
644 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$55,697+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,564
Median home value
$101,700
Jobs located here
14,202
Daytime population
32,504Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Montgomery County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS8635314.1$826K+4.2%#40 of 2,378
2Dickinson County, KS841316.2$799K+1.4%#59 of 2,378
3Jefferson County, KS811317.5$795K−0.2%#96 of 2,378
4Jackson County, KS801223.9$572K+1.5%#122 of 2,378
5Miami County, KS762316.7$780K+5.9%#185 of 2,378
6Butler County, KS765923.3$564K+3.1%#197 of 2,378
7Leavenworth County, KS745317.6$710K+3.2%#225 of 2,378
8Douglas County, KS737915.7$660K+1.8%#258 of 2,378
9Riley County, KS724014.4$729K+0.8%#283 of 2,378
10Pottawatomie County, KS691819.2$692K+6.9%#363 of 2,378
27Montgomery County, KS433628.0$383K−3.9%#1,530 of 2,378

Other business types in Montgomery County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Montgomery County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 auto repair shops in Montgomery County. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Montgomery County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $13.8M a year, or $1,070 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $383K 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 12,880 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Montgomery County, KS compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Montgomery County has 28.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $383K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 31, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,171 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 30,177 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,880 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $55,697, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Montgomery County scores 43 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,530 of 2,378 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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