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Auto repair shops in Riley County, KS
How Riley 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #283 of 2,378 scored counties
#9 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 40
- 6 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,053 a household
- Spending per listing
- $729K
- 64% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,598
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,053 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Riley County spend about $29.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $729K per shop, 64% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Riley County has 40 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 14.4 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Riley County in 2023. That is one for every 1,259 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $75K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Riley County.
Population estimates show Riley County grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Riley County is 72 (upper middle), #283 of 2,378 scored counties and #9 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Riley 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 | Riley County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 22.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $729K | $500K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,259 | 881 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,053 | $1,140 | $958 |
| Median household income | $61,098 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 406 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $75K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Riley 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 Riley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,598+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 27,695
- Median age
- 30.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 46%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $61,098+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,486
- Median home value
- $237,100
- Jobs located here
- 27,758
- Daytime population
- 75,612Residents 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 Riley 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 Riley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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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 Riley County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 auto repair shops in Riley County. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 22 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 Riley County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $29.2M a year, or $1,053 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $729K 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 27,695 households in Riley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Riley County, KS compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Riley County has 14.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $729K, 64% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Riley County would have about 66, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,259 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Riley County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Riley County at 72,598 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,695 households. Median household income in Riley County is $61,098, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Riley County scores 72 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #283 of 2,378 scored counties.
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