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Auto repair shops in Vance County, NC
How Vance County, NC 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,933 of 2,378 scored counties
#92 of 95 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 37
- 6 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $912 a household
- Spending per listing
- $398K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.9
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,638
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Vance County is 32 (lower middle), #1,933 of 2,378 scored counties and #92 of 95 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Vance County spend about $14.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $912 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 37 auto repair shops, that is $398K per shop, 10% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 37 auto repair shops on map listings in Vance County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 22.9 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Vance County in 2023. That is one for every 734 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Vance County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Vance County grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Vance County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Vance County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.9 | 21.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $398K | $432K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 734 | 1,010 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $912 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $50,465 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 112
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 376 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Vance 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 Vance County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,638+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 16,147
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 252 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $50,465+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,426
- Median home value
- $161,500
- Jobs located here
- 14,655
- Daytime population
- 37,464Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hoke County, NC | 84 | 21 | 10.9 | $893K | +9.0% | #57 of 2,378 |
| 2Brunswick County, NC | 82 | 102 | 14.8 | $651K | +26.5% | #86 of 2,378 |
| 3Madison County, NC | 82 | 13 | 15.6 | $649K | +5.9% | #87 of 2,378 |
| 4Orange County, NC | 80 | 63 | 11.0 | $854K | +6.1% | #110 of 2,378 |
| 5Perquimans County, NC | 78 | 6 | 10.7 | $887K | +3.6% | #143 of 2,378 |
| 6Pamlico County, NC | 76 | 5 | 9.2 | $1M | +3.7% | #181 of 2,378 |
| 7Pender County, NC | 76 | 42 | 16.6 | $620K | +19.0% | #190 of 2,378 |
| 8Caswell County, NC | 75 | 14 | 15.9 | $670K | +0.4% | #209 of 2,378 |
| 9Chatham County, NC | 74 | 54 | 16.4 | $651K | +11.0% | #227 of 2,378 |
| 10Granville County, NC | 74 | 37 | 16.5 | $648K | +2.1% | #228 of 2,378 |
| 92Vance County, NC | 32 | 37 | 22.9 | $398K | +0.2% | #1,933 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Vance 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 Vance County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 37 auto repair shops in Vance County. 6 of them (16%) 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. Official counts list 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Vance County, NC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $14.7M a year, or $912 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $398K 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 16,147 households in Vance County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Vance County, NC compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Vance County has 22.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $398K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Vance County would have about 33, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 734 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Vance County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Vance County at 42,638 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,147 households. Median household income in Vance County is $50,465, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Vance County scores 32 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,933 of 2,378 scored counties.
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