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Auto repair shops in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area
How the Fargo, ND-MN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #78 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota
- Listings
- 217
- 51 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 128
- +12.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $114.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,039 a household
- Spending per listing
- $529K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.7
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 269,528
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 217 auto repair shops in the Fargo metro area. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 19.7 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Households in the Fargo metro area spend about $114.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,039 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $529K per shop, 19% 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 128 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Fargo metro area in 2023, up 12.3% from 2019. That is one for every 862 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 141 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $13M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Fargo metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fargo metro area grew 7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Fargo metro area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #78 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Fargo metro area compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Fargo metro area | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.7 | 22.0 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $529K | $524K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 862 | 633 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.3% | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,039 | $1,154 | $958 |
| Median household income | $76,756 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 128+12.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 725
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $46.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 141Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21751 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 258The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $13M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Fargo metro 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 Fargo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 269,528+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 110,387
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,810 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $76,756+18.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,833
- Median home value
- $289,100
- Jobs located here
- 152,491
- Daytime population
- 275,728Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Dakota for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with the Fargo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fargo, ND-MN | 66 | 217 | 19.7 | $529K | +7.7% | #78 of 387 |
| 2Bismarck, ND | 62 | 128 | 22.9 | $526K | +4.5% | #96 of 387 |
| 3Grand Forks, ND-MN | 54 | 83 | 19.0 | $551K | +0.8% | #164 of 387 |
| 4Minot, ND | 33 | 88 | 27.7 | $417K | −2.4% | #314 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fargo metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area?
There are 217 auto repair shops on map listings in the Fargo metro area as of September 2026. 51 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 128 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 12.3% from 2019. Official counts list 141 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $114.7M a year, or $1,039 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 217 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $529K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 110,387 households in the Fargo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fargo, ND-MN metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Fargo metro area has 19.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $529K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Fargo metro area would have about 258, against 217 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 862 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fargo, ND-MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fargo metro area at 269,528 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 110,387 households. The median household income in the Fargo metro area is $76,756 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.7% 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. 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 Fargo metro area scores 66 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #78 of 387 scored metro areas.
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