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Auto repair shops in the Lexington Park, MD metro area
How the Lexington Park, MD metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #34 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland
- Listings
- 150
- 30 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 75
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $88.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,164 a household
- Spending per listing
- $589K
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.8
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 211,176
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in the Lexington Park metro area is 74 (upper middle), #34 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for auto repair shops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 150 auto repair shops in the Lexington Park metro area. Of those, 30 are chain locations, or 20%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 19.8 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Lexington Park metro area comes to about $88.4M a year: $1,164 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That is about $589K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 32% above 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Lexington Park metro area was 75 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,012 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Lexington Park metro area. Population estimates show the Lexington Park metro area grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Lexington Park metro area compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Lexington Park metro area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.8 | 20.2 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $589K | $450K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,012 | 990 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −3.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,164 | $908 | $958 |
| Median household income | $126,256 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 750.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 421
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 168Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15030 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 199The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Lexington Park metro 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 Lexington Park metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 211,176+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 75,901
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 572 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 366
- Median household income
- $126,256
- Average household income
- $149,864
- Median home value
- $434,100
- Jobs located here
- 57,104
- Daytime population
- 183,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lexington Park metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lexington Park, MD | 74 | 150 | 19.8 | $589K | +2.1% | #34 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 69 | 3,922 | 16.5 | $546K | +3.3% | #58 of 387 |
| 2Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 48 | 287 | 24.3 | $394K | +7.1% | #223 of 387 |
| 3Salisbury, MD | 44 | 112 | 22.9 | $408K | +2.9% | #255 of 387 |
| 4Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 37 | 2,254 | 20.1 | $432K | +0.4% | #289 of 387 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 31 | 4,878 | 19.8 | $416K | +1.4% | #326 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lexington Park metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Lexington Park, MD metro area?
There are 150 auto repair shops on map listings in the Lexington Park metro area as of September 2026. 30 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 75 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 168 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Lexington Park, MD metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $88.4M a year, or $1,164 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 150 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $589K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,901 households in the Lexington Park metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lexington Park, MD metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Lexington Park metro area has 19.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $589K, 32% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Lexington Park metro area would have about 199, against 150 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,012 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lexington Park, MD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lexington Park metro area at 211,176 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,901 households. The median household income in the Lexington Park metro area is $126,256 a year, 56% above 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 Lexington Park metro area scores 74 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #34 of 387 scored metro areas.
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