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Auto repair shops in Montgomery County, MO

How Montgomery County, MO 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,574 of 2,378 scored counties
#61 of 85 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
19
1 chain location (5%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,246 a household
Spending per listing
$304K
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
40.9
90% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
11,590
+2.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,246 per household (30% above the U.S. average), households in Montgomery County spend about $5.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 19 auto repair shops, that is $304K per shop, 32% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Montgomery County has 19 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 40.9 for every 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Montgomery County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 773 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Montgomery County.

Population estimates show Montgomery County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Montgomery County is 42 (lower middle), #1,574 of 2,378 scored counties and #61 of 85 scored counties in Missouri.

How Montgomery County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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.

Auto repair shops in Montgomery County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households40.922.321.5
Spending per listing$304K$474K$445K
Households per official establishment773863955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,246$1,058$958
Median household income$65,500$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4248

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$774K
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
191 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,590+2.6% since 2020
Households
4,640
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
535 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$65,500+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,097
Median home value
$178,700
Jobs located here
2,998
Daytime population
9,517Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Montgomery County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO876815.5$759K+6.7%#34 of 2,378
2Johnson County, MO804119.4$588K+4.9%#121 of 2,378
3Texas County, MO781717.9$600K+6.9%#156 of 2,378
4Warren County, MO773223.1$557K+9.2%#178 of 2,378
5Stone County, MO762619.2$576K+4.1%#193 of 2,378
6Cass County, MO769421.8$573K+7.1%#194 of 2,378
7Boone County, MO7513617.8$599K+4.2%#216 of 2,378
8St. Charles County, MO7431719.7$610K+4.9%#232 of 2,378
9Clay County, MO7216916.5$671K+4.3%#285 of 2,378
10Wayne County, MO71613.0$810K−1.4%#303 of 2,378
61Montgomery County, MO421940.9$304K+2.6%#1,574 of 2,378

Other business types in Montgomery County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Montgomery County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 auto repair shops in Montgomery County. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Montgomery County, MO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $5.8M a year, or $1,246 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $304K 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 4,640 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Montgomery County, MO compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Montgomery County has 40.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $304K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 13, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 773 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 11,590 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,640 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $65,500, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.1%, 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. Montgomery County scores 42 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,574 of 2,378 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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