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Auto repair shops in Silver Bow County, MT
The auto repair shops in Silver Bow County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,117 of 2,378 scored counties
#11 of 21 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 37
- 7 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,026 a household
- Spending per listing
- $428K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.0
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,118
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 auto repair shops in Silver Bow County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 19%, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.0, 12% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $1,026 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Silver Bow County spend about $15.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $428K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 4% 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 16 businesses with payroll in Silver Bow County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 964 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 24 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Silver Bow County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Silver Bow County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,117 of 2,378 scored counties and #11 of 21 scored counties in Montana.
How Silver Bow County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Silver Bow County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.0 | 26.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $428K | $443K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 964 | 609 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,026 | $1,157 | $958 |
| Median household income | $61,754 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 377 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,118+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,419
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $61,754+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,950
- Median home value
- $255,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,312
- Daytime population
- 35,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, MT | 96 | 7 | 14.0 | $1.1M | +9.8% | #1 of 2,378 |
| 2Sanders County, MT | 84 | 10 | 18.3 | $650K | +12.9% | #62 of 2,378 |
| 3Lake County, MT | 72 | 20 | 15.9 | $777K | +6.9% | #282 of 2,378 |
| 4Big Horn County, MT | 69 | 5 | 13.1 | $869K | −2.5% | #359 of 2,378 |
| 5Carbon County, MT | 66 | 11 | 23.6 | $559K | +9.1% | #493 of 2,378 |
| 6Gallatin County, MT | 63 | 126 | 24.6 | $498K | +7.7% | #618 of 2,378 |
| 7Glacier County, MT | 57 | 9 | 21.0 | $487K | −2.0% | #858 of 2,378 |
| 8Fergus County, MT | 55 | 14 | 26.4 | $446K | +3.1% | #964 of 2,378 |
| 9Ravalli County, MT | 55 | 54 | 28.9 | $429K | +9.4% | #972 of 2,378 |
| 10Missoula County, MT | 53 | 115 | 21.8 | $486K | +4.4% | #1,051 of 2,378 |
| 11Silver Bow County, MT | 52 | 37 | 24.0 | $428K | +2.6% | #1,117 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow County, MT?
There are 37 auto repair shops on map listings in Silver Bow County as of September 2026. 7 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Silver Bow County, MT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $15.8M a year, or $1,026 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $428K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,419 households in Silver Bow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Silver Bow County, MT compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Silver Bow County has 24.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $428K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Silver Bow County would have about 36, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 964 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Silver Bow County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Silver Bow County at 36,118 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,419 households. The median household income in Silver Bow County is $61,754 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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. 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. Silver Bow County scores 52 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #1,117 of 2,378 scored counties.
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