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Auto repair shops in Benzie County, MI
How Benzie County, MI 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 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #89 of 2,378 scored counties
#3 of 74 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 15
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,142 a household
- Spending per listing
- $587K
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.5
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,568
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Benzie County has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #89 of 2,378 scored counties and #3 of 74 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Benzie County comes to about $8.8M a year: $1,142 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That is about $587K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 32% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 15 auto repair shops on map listings in Benzie County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.5, 9% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Benzie County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,569 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Benzie County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Benzie County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Benzie County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.5 | 19.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $587K | $512K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,569 | 960 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,142 | $1,022 | $958 |
| Median household income | $74,834 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $257K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Benzie 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 Benzie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,568+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,708
- Median age
- 50.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 88%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 320 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $74,834+29.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,649
- Median home value
- $285,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,869
- Daytime population
- 15,392Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leelanau County, MI | 90 | 11 | 11.4 | $1.1M | +3.0% | #18 of 2,378 |
| 2Lake County, MI | 82 | 5 | 9.6 | $971K | +9.1% | #75 of 2,378 |
| 3Benzie County, MI | 82 | 15 | 19.5 | $587K | +3.1% | #89 of 2,378 |
| 4Alcona County, MI | 78 | 5 | 9.4 | $1.1M | +3.7% | #140 of 2,378 |
| 5Livingston County, MI | 78 | 125 | 16.4 | $766K | +1.7% | #148 of 2,378 |
| 6Cass County, MI | 75 | 35 | 16.5 | $694K | +0.2% | #205 of 2,378 |
| 7Monroe County, MI | 74 | 97 | 15.4 | $729K | +0.7% | #224 of 2,378 |
| 8Washtenaw County, MI | 73 | 186 | 12.4 | $828K | −0.4% | #250 of 2,378 |
| 9Clinton County, MI | 72 | 59 | 18.6 | $643K | +1.6% | #286 of 2,378 |
| 10Crawford County, MI | 71 | 10 | 16.0 | $595K | +5.7% | #311 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Benzie County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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 Benzie County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 auto repair shops in Benzie County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Benzie County, MI spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.8M a year, or $1,142 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $587K 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 7,708 households in Benzie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Benzie County, MI compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Benzie County has 19.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $587K, 32% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Benzie County would have about 20, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,569 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Benzie County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Benzie County at 18,568 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,708 households. Median household income in Benzie County is $74,834, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.1%, 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. Benzie County scores 82 for auto repair shops (high), #89 of 2,378 scored counties.
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