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Auto repair shops in Sherman County, NE

How Sherman County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,359 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
7.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
2,924
−1.2% 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

Households in Sherman County spend about $1.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,359 per household, 42% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Sherman County has 1 auto repair shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 7.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for mechanical, body and glass repair in Sherman County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sherman County declined 1.2%, 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 Sherman County compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Sherman County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureSherman CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.523.221.5
Spending per listing$1.8M$495K$445K
Households per official establishmentn/a668955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,359$1,146$958
Median household income$63,578$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Sherman 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 Sherman County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,924−1.2% since 2020
Households
1,325
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
566 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$63,578
Average household income
$78,359
Median home value
$152,000
Jobs located here
762
Daytime population
2,429Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Nebraska

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

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sarpy County, NE8212216.5$742K+9.0%#80 of 2,378
2Saline County, NE731529.2$495K+1.9%#274 of 2,378
3Cass County, NE702018.5$729K+3.9%#333 of 2,378
4Saunders County, NE681719.1$702K+6.0%#406 of 2,378
5Douglas County, NE6546219.4$532K+3.6%#524 of 2,378
6Dawson County, NE582224.1$536K+1.5%#801 of 2,378
7Dakota County, NE571621.5$552K+0.7%#845 of 2,378
8Lancaster County, NE5728921.5$494K+3.4%#855 of 2,378
9Otoe County, NE541828.2$453K+3.9%#1,012 of 2,378
10Washington County, NE522529.7$452K+1.8%#1,110 of 2,378
Sherman County, NENot scored17.5$1.8M−1.2%

Other business types in Sherman County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Sherman County, NE?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 auto repair shop in Sherman County. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Sherman County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sherman County, NE spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $1.8M a year, or $1,359 per household. That is 42% above the U.S. average (an index of 142, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 auto repair shop on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 1,325 households in Sherman County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sherman County, NE compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Sherman County has 1 auto repair shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Sherman County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Sherman County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Sherman County at 2,924 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,325 households. Median household income in Sherman County is $63,578, 21% 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?

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How the score works · Top markets for auto repair shops · All 56 business types in Sherman County

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