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Auto repair shops in Harding County, SD
How Harding County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
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
- $716K
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,438 a household
- Spending per listing
- $716K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 1,331
- +2.2% since 2020
See the auto repair shops around any address in Harding 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 Harding 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 Harding County. That is 20.1 per 10,000 households.
At $1,438 per household (50% above the U.S. average), households in Harding County spend about $716K a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $716K 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 Harding County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Harding County grew 2.2%, slower 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 Harding 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 | Harding County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.1 | 25.0 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $716K | $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 | +2.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,438 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $80,441 | $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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Harding 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 Harding County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,331+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 498
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 2,672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $80,441
- Average household income
- $104,230
- Median home value
- $166,100
- Jobs located here
- 425
- Daytime population
- 1,155Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Harding 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 Harding 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 |
| Harding County, SD | Not scored | 1 | 20.1 | $716K | +2.2% |
Other business types in Harding 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 Harding County, SD?
There is 1 auto repair shop on map listings in Harding 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 Harding County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Harding County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $716K a year, or $1,438 per household. That is 50% above the U.S. average (an index of 150, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 auto repair shop on map listings, it comes to $716K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 498 households in Harding County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harding County, SD compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Harding 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, Harding County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Harding County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Harding County at 1,331 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 498 households. The median household income in Harding County is $80,441 a year, in line with 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 Harding 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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