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Auto repair shops in Crook County, OR

How Crook 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #747 of 2,378 scored counties
#13 of 29 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
32
6 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,217 a household
Spending per listing
$410K
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
29.7
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,564
+10.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 auto repair shops in Crook County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 29.7 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

At $1,217 per household (27% above the U.S. average), households in Crook County spend about $13.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 32 auto repair shops, that is $410K per shop, 8% below the U.S. figure of $445K. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Crook County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 829 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Crook County.

Population estimates put the population change in Crook County from 2020 to 2025 at +10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Crook County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #747 of 2,378 scored counties and #13 of 29 scored counties in Oregon.

How Crook 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.

Auto repair shops in Crook County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureCrook CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households29.719.421.5
Spending per listing$410K$540K$445K
Households per official establishment829947955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,217$1,050$958
Median household income$81,965$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score6062

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 13
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
326 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
2
Amount
$2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Crook 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 Crook County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,564+10.6% since 2020
Households
10,782
Median age
46.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
2,979 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$81,965+67.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,053
Median home value
$467,000
Jobs located here
7,167
Daytime population
22,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Oregon

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

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morrow County, OR89511.6$1.1M+3.1%#26 of 2,378
2Polk County, OR853310.0$1.1M+2.3%#45 of 2,378
3Jefferson County, OR841415.9$815K+4.7%#58 of 2,378
4Benton County, OR814611.9$875K+4.4%#94 of 2,378
5Columbia County, OR743416.2$773K+2.6%#222 of 2,378
6Washington County, OR7338016.1$665K+1.8%#257 of 2,378
7Linn County, OR7210320.3$563K+3.0%#293 of 2,378
8Clackamas County, OR6828717.5$667K+0.9%#408 of 2,378
9Tillamook County, OR662218.4$556K−0.3%#494 of 2,378
10Yamhill County, OR647519.1$604K+2.2%#554 of 2,378
13Crook County, OR603229.7$410K+10.6%#747 of 2,378

Other business types in Crook County

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

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Crook County, OR?

There are 32 auto repair shops on map listings in Crook County as of September 2026. 6 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Crook County, OR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $13.1M a year, or $1,217 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $410K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,782 households in Crook County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crook County, OR compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Crook County has 29.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $410K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Crook County would have about 30, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 829 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Crook County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Crook County at 27,564 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,782 households. The median household income in Crook County is $81,965 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 67.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Crook County scores 60 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #747 of 2,378 scored counties.

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