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Auto repair shops in Thomas County, KS
How Thomas County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,230 a household
- Spending per listing
- $297K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.4
- 93% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,725
- −2.5% since 2020
See the auto repair shops around any address in Thomas County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 auto repair shops in Thomas County. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 41.4, 93% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Households in Thomas County spend about $3.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,230 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. That works out to $297K per shop, 33% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Thomas County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 785 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Thomas County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Thomas 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 | Thomas County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.4 | 22.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $297K | $500K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 785 | 881 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,230 | $1,140 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,325 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $191K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Thomas 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 Thomas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,725−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 3,139
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $71,325
- Average household income
- $93,106
- Median home value
- $172,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,904
- Daytime population
- 7,883Residents 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 Thomas 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 |
| Thomas County, KS | Not scored | 13 | 41.4 | $297K | −2.5% |
Other business types in Thomas County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Thomas County, KS?
There are 13 auto repair shops on map listings in Thomas County as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Thomas County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.9M a year, or $1,230 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $297K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,139 households in Thomas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Thomas County, KS compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Thomas County has 41.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 93% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $297K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Thomas County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 785 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Thomas County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Thomas County at 7,725 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,139 households. The median household income in Thomas County is $71,325 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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