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Auto repair shops in Gallia County, OH

How Gallia County, OH 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,529 of 2,378 scored counties
#78 of 87 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
32
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,071 a household
Spending per listing
$389K
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.6
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,072
−0.5% 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 Gallia County spend about $12.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,071 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 32 auto repair shops, that is $389K per shop, 13% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Gallia County has 32 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That is 27.6 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Gallia County in 2023. That is one for every 968 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 31 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Gallia County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Gallia County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,529 of 2,378 scored counties and #78 of 87 scored counties in Ohio.

How Gallia County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Gallia County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureGallia CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.619.921.5
Spending per listing$389K$518K$445K
Households per official establishment9681,115955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,071$1,033$958
Median household income$56,830$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4367

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 12
Employees, 2023
67
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
31Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
321 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The 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 Gallia 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 Gallia County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,072−0.5% since 2020
Households
11,614
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
467 sq. mi.
People per square mile
62
Median household income
$56,830+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,972
Median home value
$155,600
Jobs located here
10,879
Daytime population
28,500Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Gallia County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH9311714.2$896K+12.5%#10 of 2,378
2Warren County, OH9112813.9$920K+5.7%#14 of 2,378
3Pickaway County, OH913114.2$828K+7.4%#15 of 2,378
4Fairfield County, OH8510016.6$733K+6.5%#50 of 2,378
5Morrow County, OH842619.3$682K+3.7%#60 of 2,378
6Perry County, OH822317.1$715K+1.3%#83 of 2,378
7Van Wert County, OH811714.7$778K+0.3%#97 of 2,378
8Greene County, OH8011116.3$698K+3.7%#113 of 2,378
9Pike County, OH781412.9$835K0.0%#144 of 2,378
10Henry County, OH781916.6$739K−0.2%#149 of 2,378
78Gallia County, OH433227.6$389K−0.5%#1,529 of 2,378

Other business types in Gallia County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Gallia County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 auto repair shops in Gallia County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Gallia County, OH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $12.4M a year, or $1,071 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $389K 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 11,614 households in Gallia County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gallia County, OH compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Gallia County has 27.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $389K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Gallia County would have about 28, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 968 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Gallia County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Gallia County at 29,072 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,614 households. Median household income in Gallia County is $56,830, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.7%, 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. Gallia County scores 43 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,529 of 2,378 scored counties.

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