Auto · Small-town market · South Dakota
Auto repair shops in the Pierre, SD area
How the Pierre, SD area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #348 of 538 scored small-town markets
#6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 23
- 7 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,104 a household
- Spending per listing
- $410K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.9
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,588
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 auto repair shops in the Pierre area. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 26.9 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Pierre area comes to about $9.4M a year: $1,104 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $410K per shop, 8% below 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 13 businesses with payroll in the Pierre area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 657 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pierre area declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in the Pierre area is 43 (lower middle), #348 of 538 scored small-town markets and #6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota.
How the Pierre area 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 | Pierre area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.9 | 25.0 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $410K | $476K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 657 | 542 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,104 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $81,645 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 46
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 237 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 the Pierre 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 Pierre area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,588−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,543
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,186 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $81,645+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,676
- Median home value
- $237,100
- Jobs located here
- 12,082
- Daytime population
- 22,272Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brookings, SD | 68 | 33 | 23.9 | $490K | +9.6% | #89 of 538 |
| 2Vermillion, SD | 62 | 12 | 21.6 | $493K | +0.2% | #145 of 538 |
| 3Spearfish, SD | 59 | 31 | 25.7 | $452K | +14.0% | #177 of 538 |
| 4Yankton, SD | 48 | 28 | 28.9 | $398K | +1.5% | #304 of 538 |
| 5Mitchell, SD | 45 | 32 | 29.2 | $405K | +0.6% | #332 of 538 |
| 6Pierre, SD | 43 | 23 | 26.9 | $410K | −0.5% | #348 of 538 |
| 7Aberdeen, SD | 40 | 49 | 27.4 | $412K | −1.5% | #369 of 538 |
| 8Huron, SD | 40 | 27 | 35.8 | $332K | +2.4% | #374 of 538 |
| 9Watertown, SD | 38 | 53 | 42.3 | $278K | +4.3% | #397 of 538 |
Other business types in the Pierre area
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 the Pierre, SD area?
There are 23 auto repair shops on map listings in the Pierre area as of September 2026. 7 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Pierre, SD area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9.4M a year, or $1,104 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $410K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,543 households in the Pierre area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pierre, SD area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Pierre area has 26.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $410K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Pierre area would have about 21, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 657 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pierre, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Pierre area at 20,588 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,543 households. The median household income in the Pierre area is $81,645 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Pierre area scores 43 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #348 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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