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Auto repair shops in Brown County, SD
The auto repair shops in Brown County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,042 of 2,378 scored counties
#16 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 47
- 10 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- +3.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $17.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,096 a household
- Spending per listing
- $380K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.9
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,561
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Brown County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #2,042 of 2,378 scored counties and #16 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Brown County comes to about $17.8M a year: $1,096 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $380K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 47 auto repair shops on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 28.9 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Brown County in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 543 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $147K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Brown County. Population estimates put the population change in Brown County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Brown County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Brown County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.9 | 25.0 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $380K | $476K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 543 | 542 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.5% | +8.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,096 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $70,898 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 30+3.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 115
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 37Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $147K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,561−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,285
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,713 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $70,898+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,772
- Median home value
- $221,100
- Jobs located here
- 19,972
- Daytime population
- 38,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Brown County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 73 | 62 | 22.2 | $563K | +17.5% | #269 of 2,378 |
| 2Union County, SD | 72 | 9 | 12.3 | $1.1M | +3.3% | #279 of 2,378 |
| 3Roberts County, SD | 70 | 8 | 22.1 | $565K | −0.1% | #344 of 2,378 |
| 4Lake County, SD | 68 | 13 | 27.6 | $468K | −0.2% | #436 of 2,378 |
| 5Meade County, SD | 64 | 24 | 20.1 | $659K | +2.7% | #549 of 2,378 |
| 6Minnehaha County, SD | 64 | 173 | 20.4 | $534K | +7.6% | #570 of 2,378 |
| 7Brookings County, SD | 61 | 33 | 23.9 | $490K | +9.6% | #693 of 2,378 |
| 8Clay County, SD | 54 | 12 | 21.6 | $493K | +0.2% | #1,002 of 2,378 |
| 9Lawrence County, SD | 54 | 31 | 25.7 | $452K | +14.0% | #1,013 of 2,378 |
| 10Pennington County, SD | 46 | 137 | 29.5 | $392K | +6.6% | #1,403 of 2,378 |
| 16Brown County, SD | 29 | 47 | 28.9 | $380K | −1.7% | #2,042 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Brown 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 Brown County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 47 auto repair shops in Brown County. 10 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 37 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Brown County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $17.8M a year, or $1,096 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $380K 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 16,285 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, SD compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Brown County has 28.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $380K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Brown County would have about 40, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 543 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 37,561 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,285 households. Median household income in Brown County is $70,898, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Brown County scores 29 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,042 of 2,378 scored counties.
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