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Auto repair shops in Clatsop County, OR
How Clatsop 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,268 of 2,378 scored counties
#24 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 33
- 4 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $528K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.3
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,926
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $968 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Clatsop County spend about $17.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $528K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Clatsop County has 33 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 18.3 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Clatsop County in 2023. That is one for every 817 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Clatsop County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Clatsop County is 48 (lower middle), #1,268 of 2,378 scored counties and #24 of 29 scored counties in Oregon.
How Clatsop 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 | Clatsop County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.3 | 19.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $528K | $540K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 817 | 947 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $968 | $1,050 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,822 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 97
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 334 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 Clatsop 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 Clatsop County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,926−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,984
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 828 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $71,822+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,117
- Median home value
- $468,300
- Jobs located here
- 17,288
- Daytime population
- 38,525Residents 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 |
| 24Clatsop County, OR | 48 | 33 | 18.3 | $528K | −0.6% | #1,268 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Clatsop 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 Clatsop County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 auto repair shops in Clatsop County. 4 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Clatsop County, OR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $17.4M a year, or $968 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $528K 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 17,984 households in Clatsop County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clatsop County, OR compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Clatsop County has 18.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $528K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Clatsop County would have about 39, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 817 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Clatsop County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Clatsop County at 40,926 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,984 households. Median household income in Clatsop County is $71,822, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Clatsop County scores 48 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,268 of 2,378 scored counties.
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