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Auto repair shops in Otter Tail County, MN
How Otter Tail County, MN 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,187 of 2,378 scored counties
#45 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 68
- 9 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- −5.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $30M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,193 a household
- Spending per listing
- $441K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.0
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,041
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Otter Tail County comes to about $30M a year: $1,193 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That is about $441K of household spending for each shop on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Otter Tail County has 68 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.0, 26% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Otter Tail County in 2023, down 5.3% from 2019. That is one for every 699 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 80 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $443K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Otter Tail County.
Population estimates show Otter Tail County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Otter Tail County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,187 of 2,378 scored counties and #45 of 65 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Otter Tail 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 | Otter Tail County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.0 | 19.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $441K | $561K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 699 | 844 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.3% | +1.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,193 | $1,108 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,255 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 36−5.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 148
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 80Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 689 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 68The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $443K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,041+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 25,157
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,972 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $72,255+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,523
- Median home value
- $273,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,068
- Daytime population
- 55,886Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Otter Tail 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 |
| 45Otter Tail County, MN | 50 | 68 | 27.0 | $441K | +1.6% | #1,187 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Otter Tail County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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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 Otter Tail County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 auto repair shops in Otter Tail County. 9 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 5.3% from 2019. Official counts list 80 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Otter Tail County, MN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $30M a year, or $1,193 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $441K 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 25,157 households in Otter Tail County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Otter Tail County, MN compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Otter Tail County has 27.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $441K, in line with the U.S. figure of $445K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 699 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Otter Tail County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Otter Tail County at 61,041 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,157 households. Median household income in Otter Tail County is $72,255, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.1%, 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. Otter Tail County scores 50 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #1,187 of 2,378 scored counties.
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