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Auto repair shops in Grant County, NM
How Grant County, NM 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #841 of 2,378 scored counties
#12 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 21
- 5 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,038 a household
- Spending per listing
- $558K
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.6
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,252
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Grant County comes to about $11.7M a year: $1,038 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 21 auto repair shops, that is $558K per shop, 26% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Grant County has 21 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.6, 13% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Grant County in 2023. That is one for every 1,130 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grant County declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Grant County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #841 of 2,378 scored counties and #12 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Grant County 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 | Grant County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.6 | 21.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $558K | $481K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,130 | 1,043 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,038 | $1,033 | $958 |
| Median household income | $44,958 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $850K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Grant 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 Grant County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,252−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,295
- Median age
- 48.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,961 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $44,958+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,954
- Median home value
- $175,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,211
- Daytime population
- 27,009Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Grant County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 91 | 69 | 12.1 | $966K | +6.9% | #13 of 2,378 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 90 | 41 | 14.9 | $781K | +7.2% | #21 of 2,378 |
| 3Rio Arriba County, NM | 81 | 12 | 7.7 | $1.5M | −1.0% | #90 of 2,378 |
| 4Los Alamos County, NM | 78 | 13 | 15.8 | $768K | 0.0% | #147 of 2,378 |
| 5Taos County, NM | 77 | 16 | 10.3 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #160 of 2,378 |
| 6Torrance County, NM | 74 | 16 | 26.4 | $467K | +6.9% | #246 of 2,378 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 69 | 163 | 19.2 | $527K | +4.1% | #381 of 2,378 |
| 8San Miguel County, NM | 68 | 20 | 16.8 | $626K | −3.2% | #413 of 2,378 |
| 9Lincoln County, NM | 63 | 15 | 15.0 | $726K | −2.3% | #591 of 2,378 |
| 10Luna County, NM | 60 | 17 | 18.4 | $525K | −0.2% | #723 of 2,378 |
| 12Grant County, NM | 57 | 21 | 18.6 | $558K | −3.4% | #841 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Grant 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 Grant County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 auto repair shops in Grant County. 5 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 24 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Grant County, NM spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.7M a year, or $1,038 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $558K 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 11,295 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grant County, NM compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Grant County has 18.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $558K, 26% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Grant County would have about 26, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,130 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Grant County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Grant County at 27,252 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,295 households. Median household income in Grant County is $44,958, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.8%, 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. Grant County scores 57 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #841 of 2,378 scored counties.
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