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Auto repair shops in the Grants Pass, OR metro area
How the Grants Pass, OR metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #189 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 89
- 15 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- +2.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $41.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,125 a household
- Spending per listing
- $464K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.2
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 87,867
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 89 auto repair shops in the Grants Pass metro area. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 24.2 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Grants Pass metro area comes to about $41.3M a year: $1,125 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 89 auto repair shops, that is $464K per shop, 4% above 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 38 businesses with payroll in the Grants Pass metro area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 966 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 109 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $518K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Grants Pass metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Grants Pass metro area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Grants Pass metro area scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #189 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.
How the Grants Pass metro area 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 | Grants Pass metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.2 | 19.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $464K | $540K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 966 | 947 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.7% | +1.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,125 | $1,050 | $958 |
| Median household income | $60,098 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38+2.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 128
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 109Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 93The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $518K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Grants Pass metro area, 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 the Grants Pass metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 87,867−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,715
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,639 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $60,098+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,314
- Median home value
- $404,300
- Jobs located here
- 30,421
- Daytime population
- 87,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Grants Pass metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Corvallis, OR | 86 | 46 | 11.9 | $875K | +4.4% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Albany, OR | 76 | 103 | 20.3 | $563K | +3.0% | #29 of 387 |
| 3Salem, OR | 73 | 310 | 19.4 | $559K | +2.7% | #43 of 387 |
| 4Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 67 | 1,771 | 17.5 | $597K | +1.0% | #68 of 387 |
| 5Bend, OR | 61 | 257 | 24.6 | $488K | +7.0% | #106 of 387 |
| 6Medford, OR | 53 | 196 | 21.3 | $499K | −0.9% | #178 of 387 |
| 7Grants Pass, OR | 52 | 89 | 24.2 | $464K | −0.4% | #189 of 387 |
| 8Eugene-Springfield, OR | 50 | 292 | 18.2 | $548K | −0.7% | #199 of 387 |
Other business types in the Grants Pass metro area
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 the Grants Pass, OR metro area?
The Grants Pass metro area has 89 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. Another 109 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Grants Pass, OR metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $41.3M a year, or $1,125 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $464K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,715 households in the Grants Pass metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Grants Pass, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Grants Pass metro area has 24.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $464K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Grants Pass metro area would have about 93, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 966 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Grants Pass, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Grants Pass metro area at 87,867 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,715 households. The median household income in the Grants Pass metro area is $60,098 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. The Grants Pass metro area scores 52 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #189 of 387 scored metro areas.
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