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Auto repair shops in Baker County, OR
How Baker County, OR 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,115 of 2,378 scored counties
#29 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 25
- 6 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,082 a household
- Spending per listing
- $318K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.0
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,658
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Baker County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #2,115 of 2,378 scored counties and #29 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Baker County comes to about $8M a year: $1,082 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 25 auto repair shops, that is $318K per shop, 28% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 25 auto repair shops on map listings in Baker County as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 24%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 34.0 for every 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Baker County in 2023. That is one for every 613 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $54K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Baker County. Population estimates show Baker County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Baker County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Baker County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.0 | 19.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $318K | $540K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 613 | 947 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,082 | $1,050 | $958 |
| Median household income | $60,936 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 256 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $54K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Baker 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 Baker County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,658−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,355
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,068 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $60,936+32.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,443
- Median home value
- $285,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,330
- Daytime population
- 16,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morrow County, OR | 89 | 5 | 11.6 | $1.1M | +3.1% | #26 of 2,378 |
| 2Polk County, OR | 85 | 33 | 10.0 | $1.1M | +2.3% | #45 of 2,378 |
| 3Jefferson County, OR | 84 | 14 | 15.9 | $815K | +4.7% | #58 of 2,378 |
| 4Benton County, OR | 81 | 46 | 11.9 | $875K | +4.4% | #94 of 2,378 |
| 5Columbia County, OR | 74 | 34 | 16.2 | $773K | +2.6% | #222 of 2,378 |
| 6Washington County, OR | 73 | 380 | 16.1 | $665K | +1.8% | #257 of 2,378 |
| 7Linn County, OR | 72 | 103 | 20.3 | $563K | +3.0% | #293 of 2,378 |
| 8Clackamas County, OR | 68 | 287 | 17.5 | $667K | +0.9% | #408 of 2,378 |
| 9Tillamook County, OR | 66 | 22 | 18.4 | $556K | −0.3% | #494 of 2,378 |
| 10Yamhill County, OR | 64 | 75 | 19.1 | $604K | +2.2% | #554 of 2,378 |
| 29Baker County, OR | 27 | 25 | 34.0 | $318K | −0.4% | #2,115 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Baker 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 Baker County, OR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 auto repair shops in Baker County. 6 of them (24%) 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. Another 24 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Baker County, OR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8M a year, or $1,082 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $318K 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 7,355 households in Baker County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baker County, OR compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Baker County has 34.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $318K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Baker County would have about 18, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 613 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Baker County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Baker County at 16,658 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,355 households. Median household income in Baker County is $60,936, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.5%, 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. Baker County scores 27 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,115 of 2,378 scored counties.
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