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Auto repair shops in Cook County, MN
The auto repair shops in Cook County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,108 a household
- Spending per listing
- $601K
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,522
- −1.4% since 2020
See the auto repair shops around any address in Cook County
The site report maps the auto repair shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Cook County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 auto repair shops in Cook County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That is 18.5 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Cook County comes to about $3M a year: $1,108 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 5 auto repair shops, that is $601K per shop, 35% 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.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Cook County in 2023. That is one for every 678 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cook County declined 1.4%, 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 Cook County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Cook County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 19.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $601K | $561K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 678 | 844 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,108 | $1,108 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,638 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $281K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Cook 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 Cook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,522−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 2,710
- Median age
- 52.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $72,638
- Average household income
- $96,178
- Median home value
- $336,200
- Jobs located here
- 2,521
- Daytime population
- 5,720Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Cook County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the auto repair shops on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Cook County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MN | 88 | 141 | 13.4 | $908K | +6.9% | #33 of 2,378 |
| 2Carver County, MN | 83 | 54 | 13.1 | $993K | +6.6% | #66 of 2,378 |
| 3Pine County, MN | 80 | 23 | 18.7 | $656K | +5.5% | #115 of 2,378 |
| 4Dakota County, MN | 77 | 273 | 15.7 | $728K | +3.9% | #166 of 2,378 |
| 5Pope County, MN | 76 | 6 | 12.1 | $1M | +0.8% | #180 of 2,378 |
| 6Wright County, MN | 75 | 116 | 21.5 | $617K | +11.1% | #212 of 2,378 |
| 7Wabasha County, MN | 73 | 21 | 22.9 | $543K | +0.7% | #272 of 2,378 |
| 8Isanti County, MN | 71 | 33 | 20.3 | $637K | +7.3% | #306 of 2,378 |
| 9Scott County, MN | 71 | 125 | 22.7 | $578K | +5.1% | #314 of 2,378 |
| 10Cass County, MN | 71 | 27 | 21.0 | $564K | +4.2% | #315 of 2,378 |
| Cook County, MN | Not scored | 5 | 18.5 | $601K | −1.4% |
Other business types in Cook 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 Cook County, MN?
There are 5 auto repair shops on map listings in Cook County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. 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 also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cook County, MN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3M a year, or $1,108 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $601K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,710 households in Cook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cook County, MN compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Cook County has 18.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $601K, 35% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Cook County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 678 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Cook County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Cook County at 5,522 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,710 households. The median household income in Cook County is $72,638 a year, 10% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Cook County. It maps the auto repair shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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