Auto · Small-town market · Minnesota
Auto repair shops in the Worthington, MN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in the Worthington, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #415 of 538 scored small-town markets
#16 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 27
- 6 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,156 a household
- Spending per listing
- $329K
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.2
- 64% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,338
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, the Worthington area has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #415 of 538 scored small-town markets and #16 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 auto repair shops in the Worthington area. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 35.2, 64% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Households in the Worthington area spend about $8.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,156 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. That is about $329K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 26% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in the Worthington area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 512 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $356K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Worthington area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Worthington area grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Worthington area 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 | Worthington area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.2 | 19.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $329K | $561K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 512 | 844 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,156 | $1,108 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,101 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 76
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 276 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
- 1
- Amount
- $356K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Worthington 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 Worthington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,338+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,674
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 715 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $66,101+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,038
- Median home value
- $197,200
- Jobs located here
- 10,543
- Daytime population
- 21,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Worthington area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexandria, MN | 71 | 37 | 21.1 | $550K | +2.6% | #67 of 538 |
| 2Grand Rapids, MN | 66 | 44 | 23.7 | $488K | +0.9% | #104 of 538 |
| 3Brainerd, MN | 65 | 118 | 27.9 | $414K | +4.3% | #117 of 538 |
| 4Austin, MN | 63 | 39 | 24.8 | $457K | +2.3% | #136 of 538 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 62 | 18 | 18.9 | $629K | 0.0% | #139 of 538 |
| 5Owatonna, MN | 62 | 31 | 20.5 | $570K | +0.2% | #140 of 538 |
| 6Faribault-Northfield, MN | 61 | 56 | 23.8 | $481K | +4.2% | #159 of 538 |
| 7Winona, MN | 59 | 48 | 23.7 | $460K | +1.8% | #176 of 538 |
| 8Fergus Falls, MN | 58 | 68 | 27.0 | $441K | +1.6% | #186 of 538 |
| 9Bemidji, MN | 54 | 48 | 26.4 | $428K | +1.8% | #233 of 538 |
| 16Worthington, MN | 36 | 27 | 35.2 | $329K | +0.6% | #415 of 538 |
Other business types in the Worthington area
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 the Worthington, MN area?
The Worthington area has 27 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Worthington, MN area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.9M a year, or $1,156 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $329K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,674 households in the Worthington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Worthington, MN area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Worthington area has 35.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 64% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $329K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Worthington area would have about 20, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 512 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Worthington, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Worthington area at 22,338 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,674 households. The median household income in the Worthington area is $66,101 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Worthington area scores 36 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #415 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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