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Auto repair shops in Dewey County, SD
The auto repair shops in Dewey County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,027 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 5,419
- +3.8% since 2020
See the auto repair shops around any address in Dewey County
The site report maps the auto repair shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Dewey County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 auto repair shop in Dewey County. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Dewey County comes to about $1.7M a year: $1,027 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Dewey County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Dewey County grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Dewey 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 | Dewey County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 25.0 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $476K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 542 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,027 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,104 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Dewey 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 Dewey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,419+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 1,692
- Median age
- 27.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $54,104
- Average household income
- $68,205
- Median home value
- $69,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,367
- Daytime population
- 6,023Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Dewey County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the auto repair shops on map listings by name and distance.
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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 Dewey 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 |
| Dewey County, SD | Not scored | 1 | 5.9 | $1.7M | +3.8% |
Other business types in Dewey County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Dewey County, SD?
There is 1 auto repair shop on map listings in Dewey County as of September 2026. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Dewey County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dewey County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $1.7M a year, or $1,027 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 auto repair shop on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,692 households in Dewey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dewey County, SD compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Dewey County has 1 auto repair shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Dewey County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Dewey County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Dewey County at 5,419 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,692 households. The median household income in Dewey County is $54,104 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Dewey County. It maps the auto repair shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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