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Auto repair shops in Mountrail County, ND

How Mountrail County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,346 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.3
52% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,395
−4.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Mountrail County spend about $5.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,346 per household, 41% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per shop, 3 times the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Mountrail County has 4 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.3, 52% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Mountrail County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 780 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Mountrail County.

Population estimates show Mountrail County declined 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Mountrail County 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.

Auto repair shops in Mountrail County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMountrail CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.322.021.5
Spending per listing$1.3M$524K$445K
Households per official establishment780633955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.0%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.2%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,346$1,154$958
Median household income$80,717$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 5
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$35K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Mountrail 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 Mountrail County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,395−4.2% since 2020
Households
3,901
Median age
35.5
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,825 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$80,717
Average household income
$106,551
Median home value
$232,700
Jobs located here
4,381
Daytime population
9,867Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Mountrail County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rolette County, ND73513.3$965K−4.1%#248 of 2,378
2McKenzie County, ND68813.3$1.1M+2.8%#396 of 2,378
3Morton County, ND673323.7$565K+3.8%#463 of 2,378
4Cass County, ND6515818.8$545K+9.1%#522 of 2,378
5Burleigh County, ND599422.8$504K+4.7%#769 of 2,378
6Richland County, ND561420.4$581K+1.2%#887 of 2,378
7Grand Forks County, ND525918.9$533K+1.9%#1,086 of 2,378
8Walsh County, ND49920.5$586K−3.3%#1,207 of 2,378
9Stutsman County, ND492021.2$522K−0.6%#1,212 of 2,378
10Ramsey County, ND411833.3$307K−0.4%#1,633 of 2,378
Mountrail County, NDNot scored410.3$1.3M−4.2%

Other business types in Mountrail County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Mountrail County, ND?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 auto repair shops in Mountrail County. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Mountrail County, ND spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $5.3M a year, or $1,346 per household. That is 41% above the U.S. average (an index of 141, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 3,901 households in Mountrail County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mountrail County, ND compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Mountrail County has 10.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Mountrail County would have about 12, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 780 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Mountrail County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Mountrail County at 9,395 people in 2025, down 4.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,901 households. Median household income in Mountrail County is $80,717, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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