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Auto repair shops in Pontotoc County, OK
How Pontotoc County, OK 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,788 of 2,378 scored counties
#34 of 56 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 41
- 4 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $880 a household
- Spending per listing
- $325K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.1
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,528
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Pontotoc County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,788 of 2,378 scored counties and #34 of 56 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Pontotoc County comes to about $13.3M a year: $880 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $325K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 27% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Pontotoc County has 41 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 10%, against 16% across the U.S. That is 27.1 per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Pontotoc County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,261 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Pontotoc County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pontotoc County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Pontotoc County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.1 | 24.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $325K | $368K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,261 | 1,003 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $880 | $911 | $958 |
| Median household income | $63,017 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 93
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 414 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,528+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,134
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 720 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $63,017+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,010
- Median home value
- $175,400
- Jobs located here
- 20,048
- Daytime population
- 41,723Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, OK | 83 | 17 | 12.9 | $786K | +5.3% | #70 of 2,378 |
| 2Wagoner County, OK | 82 | 55 | 17.5 | $600K | +14.6% | #88 of 2,378 |
| 3Rogers County, OK | 76 | 67 | 18.3 | $585K | +7.1% | #192 of 2,378 |
| 4Canadian County, OK | 76 | 102 | 17.5 | $571K | +20.4% | #196 of 2,378 |
| 5Pawnee County, OK | 73 | 10 | 16.4 | $637K | +3.1% | #260 of 2,378 |
| 6Osage County, OK | 72 | 25 | 14.4 | $714K | +2.2% | #284 of 2,378 |
| 7Adair County, OK | 69 | 10 | 14.0 | $631K | +2.0% | #366 of 2,378 |
| 8McClain County, OK | 69 | 37 | 22.5 | $487K | +18.4% | #392 of 2,378 |
| 9Sequoyah County, OK | 65 | 30 | 19.4 | $469K | +4.1% | #538 of 2,378 |
| 10Washita County, OK | 64 | 7 | 16.9 | $575K | −0.2% | #556 of 2,378 |
| 34Pontotoc County, OK | 37 | 41 | 27.1 | $325K | +1.2% | #1,788 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Pontotoc County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Pontotoc County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 auto repair shops in Pontotoc County. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations. 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 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pontotoc County, OK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $13.3M a year, or $880 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $325K 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 15,134 households in Pontotoc County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pontotoc County, OK compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Pontotoc County has 27.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $325K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Pontotoc County would have about 30, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,261 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Pontotoc County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Pontotoc County at 38,528 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,134 households. Median household income in Pontotoc County is $63,017, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. Pontotoc County scores 37 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,788 of 2,378 scored counties.
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