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Auto repair shops in Prince George’s County, MD
The auto repair shops in Prince George’s County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,526 of 2,378 scored counties
#15 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 764
- 101 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 305
- −4.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $306.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $882 a household
- Spending per listing
- $401K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.0
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,374
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $882 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Prince George’s County spend about $306.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 764 auto repair shops, that is $401K per shop, 10% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Prince George’s County has 764 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 101 of them (13%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.0, 2% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Prince George’s County was 305 in 2023, down 4.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,140 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 828 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $8.3M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Prince George’s County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Prince George’s County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Prince George’s County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,526 of 2,378 scored counties and #15 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Prince George’s County 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 | Prince George’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.0 | 20.2 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $401K | $450K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,140 | 990 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.4% | −3.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $882 | $908 | $958 |
| Median household income | $101,798 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 319 → 305−4.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,884
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $107.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 828Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 764101 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 690The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $8.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Prince George’s 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 Prince George’s County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 970,374+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 347,744
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,989
- Median household income
- $101,798+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $125,138
- Median home value
- $426,000
- Jobs located here
- 318,010
- Daytime population
- 849,316Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Howard County, MD | 73 | 180 | 14.9 | $701K | +1.9% | #255 of 2,378 |
| 2St. Mary’s County, MD | 73 | 78 | 18.4 | $598K | +2.4% | #262 of 2,378 |
| 3Calvert County, MD | 68 | 72 | 21.5 | $580K | +1.7% | #422 of 2,378 |
| 4Worcester County, MD | 68 | 40 | 16.6 | $568K | +3.7% | #424 of 2,378 |
| 5Charles County, MD | 68 | 135 | 22.2 | $504K | +5.9% | #431 of 2,378 |
| 6Frederick County, MD | 67 | 209 | 20.0 | $538K | +11.0% | #468 of 2,378 |
| 7Montgomery County, MD | 57 | 649 | 16.7 | $543K | +1.3% | #849 of 2,378 |
| 8Queen Anne’s County, MD | 57 | 48 | 24.1 | $471K | +8.8% | #863 of 2,378 |
| 9Somerset County, MD | 55 | 15 | 18.0 | $489K | +1.7% | #951 of 2,378 |
| 10Harford County, MD | 52 | 214 | 21.0 | $480K | +2.0% | #1,097 of 2,378 |
| 15Prince George’s County, MD | 43 | 764 | 22.0 | $401K | +0.5% | #1,526 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Prince George’s County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Prince George’s County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 764 auto repair shops in Prince George’s County. 101 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 305 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 4.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 828 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Prince George’s County, MD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $306.7M a year, or $882 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 764 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $401K 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 347,744 households in Prince George’s County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Prince George’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Prince George’s County has 22.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $401K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Prince George’s County would have about 690, against 764 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,140 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Prince George’s County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Prince George’s County at 970,374 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 347,744 households. Median household income in Prince George’s County is $101,798, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Prince George’s County scores 43 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,526 of 2,378 scored counties.
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