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Auto repair shops in Taos County, NM
How Taos 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #160 of 2,378 scored counties
#5 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 16
- 3 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,094 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,564
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Taos County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #160 of 2,378 scored counties and #5 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
At $1,094 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Taos County spend about $17M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 16 auto repair shops on map listings in Taos County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.3, 52% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Taos County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,414 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Taos County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Taos 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 | Taos County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 21.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $481K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,414 | 1,043 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,094 | $1,033 | $958 |
| Median household income | $58,950 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 163 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The 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 Taos 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 Taos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,564+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,549
- Median age
- 50.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,202 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $58,950+53.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,052
- Median home value
- $382,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,507
- Daytime population
- 34,773Residents 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 Taos 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 |
Other business types in Taos 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 Taos County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 auto repair shops in Taos County. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 28 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Taos County, NM spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $17M a year, or $1,094 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 15,549 households in Taos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Taos County, NM compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Taos County has 10.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $1.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Taos County would have about 38, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,414 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Taos County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Taos County at 34,564 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,549 households. Median household income in Taos County is $58,950, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 53.8%, 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. Taos County scores 77 for auto repair shops (high), #160 of 2,378 scored counties.
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