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Auto repair shops in Minnehaha County, SD
How Minnehaha County, SD 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #570 of 2,378 scored counties
#6 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 173
- 35 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 111
- +8.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $92.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,088 a household
- Spending per listing
- $534K
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.4
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 212,691
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Minnehaha County comes to about $92.3M a year: $1,088 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $534K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Minnehaha County has 173 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 35 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 20.4 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 111 businesses with payroll in Minnehaha County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 8.8% from 2019. That is one for every 764 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 140 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Minnehaha County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Minnehaha County grew 7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Minnehaha County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #570 of 2,378 scored counties and #6 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Minnehaha 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 | Minnehaha County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.4 | 25.0 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $534K | $476K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 764 | 542 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.8% | +8.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,088 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $76,880 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 102 → 111+8.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 621
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 140Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17335 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 208The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $3.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 212,691+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 84,814
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $76,880+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,921
- Median home value
- $287,600
- Jobs located here
- 135,684
- Daytime population
- 228,682Residents 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 Minnehaha 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 |
Other business types in Minnehaha County
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 Minnehaha County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 173 auto repair shops in Minnehaha County. 35 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019. Official counts list 140 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Minnehaha County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $92.3M a year, or $1,088 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 173 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $534K 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 84,814 households in Minnehaha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Minnehaha County, SD compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Minnehaha County has 20.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $534K, 20% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Minnehaha County would have about 208, against 173 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 764 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Minnehaha County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Minnehaha County at 212,691 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,814 households. Median household income in Minnehaha County is $76,880, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Minnehaha County scores 64 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #570 of 2,378 scored counties.
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