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Auto repair shops in Brazoria County, TX
How Brazoria County, TX 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #300 of 2,378 scored counties
#11 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 288
- 69 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 104
- +14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $139.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,042 a household
- Spending per listing
- $485K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 419,080
- +12.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,042 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Brazoria County spend about $139.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 288 auto repair shops, that is $485K per shop, 9% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Brazoria County has 288 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 21.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 104 businesses with payroll in Brazoria County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,287 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 499 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Brazoria County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brazoria County grew 12.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Brazoria County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #300 of 2,378 scored counties and #11 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Brazoria County 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 | Brazoria County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.5 | 26.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $485K | $352K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,287 | 1,058 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.3% | +10.9% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,042 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $97,993 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 91 → 104+14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 524
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 499Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 28869 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 314The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Brazoria 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 Brazoria County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 419,080+12.2% since 2020
- Households
- 133,898
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,363 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 287
- Median household income
- $97,993+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,089
- Median home value
- $301,600
- Jobs located here
- 117,920
- Daytime population
- 327,128Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Brazoria County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 90 | 25 | 14.5 | $745K | +22.6% | #23 of 2,378 |
| 2Fort Bend County, TX | 85 | 458 | 15.6 | $680K | +17.4% | #51 of 2,378 |
| 3San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 10 | 9.2 | $1.1M | +7.1% | #64 of 2,378 |
| 4Falls County, TX | 80 | 6 | 9.5 | $967K | +5.5% | #109 of 2,378 |
| 5Collin County, TX | 77 | 707 | 17.0 | $586K | +20.6% | #173 of 2,378 |
| 6Denton County, TX | 76 | 663 | 18.4 | $553K | +16.9% | #199 of 2,378 |
| 7Llano County, TX | 75 | 16 | 14.9 | $603K | +9.5% | #213 of 2,378 |
| 8Jones County, TX | 75 | 12 | 20.3 | $505K | +6.1% | #218 of 2,378 |
| 9Franklin County, TX | 74 | 8 | 20.5 | $532K | +6.0% | #240 of 2,378 |
| 10Wilson County, TX | 73 | 37 | 20.3 | $569K | +12.2% | #267 of 2,378 |
| 11Brazoria County, TX | 72 | 288 | 21.5 | $485K | +12.2% | #300 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Brazoria County
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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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Brazoria County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 288 auto repair shops in Brazoria County. 69 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 104 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. Another 499 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Brazoria County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $139.6M a year, or $1,042 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 288 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $485K 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 133,898 households in Brazoria County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brazoria County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Brazoria County has 21.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $485K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Brazoria County would have about 314, against 288 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,287 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Brazoria County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Brazoria County at 419,080 people in 2025, up 12.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 133,898 households. Median household income in Brazoria County is $97,993, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.3%, 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. Brazoria County scores 72 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #300 of 2,378 scored counties.
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