Auto · Small-town market · Texas
Auto repair shops in the Bay City, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in the Bay City, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #222 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 30
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $858 a household
- Spending per listing
- $441K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.4
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,463
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 auto repair shops in the Bay City area. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 19.4 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $858 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Bay City area spend about $13.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 30 auto repair shops, that is $441K per shop, in line with 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.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Bay City area in 2023. That is one for every 1,287 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bay City area grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, the Bay City area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #222 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Bay City area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Bay City area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.4 | 26.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $441K | $352K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,287 | 1,058 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.9% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $858 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $58,628 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 300 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Bay City 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 Bay City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,463+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 15,439
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,093 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $58,628+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,037
- Median home value
- $172,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,447
- Daytime population
- 29,261Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Bay City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacksonville, TX | 65 | 42 | 23.1 | $400K | +5.4% | #118 of 538 |
| 2Huntsville, TX | 62 | 50 | 19.2 | $417K | +9.5% | #151 of 538 |
| 3El Campo, TX | 58 | 38 | 23.9 | $402K | +1.2% | #187 of 538 |
| 4Granbury, TX | 58 | 69 | 27.0 | $374K | +13.6% | #188 of 538 |
| 5Mineral Wells, TX | 57 | 30 | 26.7 | $353K | +8.2% | #201 of 538 |
| 6Athens, TX | 56 | 97 | 28.9 | $327K | +7.5% | #213 of 538 |
| 7Bay City, TX | 55 | 30 | 19.4 | $441K | +0.5% | #222 of 538 |
| 8Fredericksburg, TX | 54 | 30 | 26.1 | $382K | +6.6% | #239 of 538 |
| 9Corsicana, TX | 53 | 52 | 27.3 | $354K | +8.2% | #254 of 538 |
| 10Raymondville, TX | 52 | 9 | 15.8 | $537K | −0.8% | #258 of 538 |
Other business types in the Bay City area
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 the Bay City, TX area?
There are 30 auto repair shops on map listings in the Bay City area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 44 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Bay City, TX area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $13.2M a year, or $858 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $441K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,439 households in the Bay City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bay City, TX area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Bay City area has 19.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $441K, in line with the U.S. figure of $445K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,287 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bay City, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Bay City area at 36,463 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,439 households. The median household income in the Bay City area is $58,628 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.9% 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 Bay City area scores 55 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #222 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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