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Auto repair shops in Madison County, OH
How Madison 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #179 of 2,378 scored counties
#12 of 87 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 40
- 6 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,193 a household
- Spending per listing
- $468K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.5
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,985
- +7.1% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Madison County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #179 of 2,378 scored counties and #12 of 87 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Madison County comes to about $18.7M a year: $1,193 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That works out to $468K per shop, 5% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Madison County has 40 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 25.5 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Madison County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,569 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Madison County. Population estimates show Madison County grew 7.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Madison 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.
| Measure | Madison County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.5 | 19.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $468K | $518K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,569 | 1,115 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,193 | $1,033 | $958 |
| Median household income | $87,045 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 406 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Madison 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 Madison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,985+7.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,686
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 467 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 95
- Median household income
- $87,045+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,062
- Median home value
- $250,100
- Jobs located here
- 20,410
- Daytime population
- 44,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Madison County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 93 | 117 | 14.2 | $896K | +12.5% | #10 of 2,378 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 91 | 128 | 13.9 | $920K | +5.7% | #14 of 2,378 |
| 3Pickaway County, OH | 91 | 31 | 14.2 | $828K | +7.4% | #15 of 2,378 |
| 4Fairfield County, OH | 85 | 100 | 16.6 | $733K | +6.5% | #50 of 2,378 |
| 5Morrow County, OH | 84 | 26 | 19.3 | $682K | +3.7% | #60 of 2,378 |
| 6Perry County, OH | 82 | 23 | 17.1 | $715K | +1.3% | #83 of 2,378 |
| 7Van Wert County, OH | 81 | 17 | 14.7 | $778K | +0.3% | #97 of 2,378 |
| 8Greene County, OH | 80 | 111 | 16.3 | $698K | +3.7% | #113 of 2,378 |
| 9Pike County, OH | 78 | 14 | 12.9 | $835K | 0.0% | #144 of 2,378 |
| 10Henry County, OH | 78 | 19 | 16.6 | $739K | −0.2% | #149 of 2,378 |
| 12Madison County, OH | 77 | 40 | 25.5 | $468K | +7.1% | #179 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Madison 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 Madison County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 auto repair shops in Madison County. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 44 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Madison County, OH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $18.7M a year, or $1,193 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $468K 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 15,686 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Madison County, OH compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Madison County has 25.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $468K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Madison County would have about 42, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,569 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Madison County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Madison County at 46,985 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,686 households. Median household income in Madison County is $87,045, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.0%, 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. Madison County scores 77 for auto repair shops (high), #179 of 2,378 scored counties.
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