Auto · Small-town market · New Mexico
Auto repair shops in the Gallup, NM area
How the Gallup, NM area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #270 of 538 scored small-town markets
#10 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 40
- 10 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- −4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $20.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $502K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.7
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,119
- −6.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 40 auto repair shops in the Gallup area. 10 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 18.7 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $940 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Gallup area spend about $20.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $502K per shop, 13% above 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.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Gallup area in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 971 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Gallup area.
Population estimates show the Gallup area declined 6.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in the Gallup area is 51 (upper middle), #270 of 538 scored small-town markets and #10 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico.
How the Gallup area compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Gallup area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.7 | 21.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $502K | $481K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 971 | 1,043 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.3% | +4.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $940 | $1,033 | $958 |
| Median household income | $47,668 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22−4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4010 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Gallup 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 Gallup area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,119−6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 21,353
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,451 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $47,668+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,961
- Median home value
- $78,700
- Jobs located here
- 19,649
- Daytime population
- 70,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Mexico for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Gallup area marked.
Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Española, NM | 83 | 12 | 7.7 | $1.5M | −1.0% | #13 of 538 |
| 2Los Alamos, NM | 83 | 13 | 15.8 | $768K | 0.0% | #14 of 538 |
| 3Taos, NM | 81 | 16 | 10.3 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #19 of 538 |
| 4Las Vegas, NM | 73 | 20 | 14.4 | $749K | −3.2% | #49 of 538 |
| 5Ruidoso, NM | 67 | 15 | 15.0 | $726K | −2.3% | #90 of 538 |
| 6Deming, NM | 67 | 17 | 18.4 | $525K | −0.2% | #92 of 538 |
| 7Alamogordo, NM | 65 | 49 | 20.0 | $502K | +3.7% | #109 of 538 |
| 8Silver City, NM | 62 | 21 | 18.6 | $558K | −3.4% | #141 of 538 |
| 9Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 55 | 64 | 27.1 | $406K | +0.3% | #225 of 538 |
| 10Gallup, NM | 51 | 40 | 18.7 | $502K | −6.1% | #270 of 538 |
Other business types in the Gallup area
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 the Gallup, NM area?
The Gallup area has 40 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 4.3% from 2019. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gallup, NM area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $20.1M a year, or $940 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $502K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,353 households in the Gallup area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gallup, NM area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Gallup area has 18.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $502K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Gallup area would have about 45, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 971 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Gallup, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Gallup area at 68,119 people in 2025, down 6.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,353 households. The median household income in the Gallup area is $47,668 a year, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.9% 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 Gallup area scores 51 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #270 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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