Auto · Small-town market · Texas
Auto repair shops in the Brenham, TX area
How the Brenham, TX 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #275 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 37
- 2 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $377K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.9
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,288
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 auto repair shops in the Brenham area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 5%, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.9, 11% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Brenham area comes to about $13.9M a year: $900 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 37 auto repair shops, that is $377K per shop, 15% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Brenham area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 911 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brenham area grew 7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Brenham area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #275 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Brenham 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 | Brenham area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.9 | 26.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $377K | $352K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 911 | 1,058 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.9% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $900 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $77,825 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 372 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Brenham 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 Brenham area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,288+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,481
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 604 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $77,825+41.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,165
- Median home value
- $288,100
- Jobs located here
- 16,640
- Daytime population
- 34,059Residents 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 Brenham 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 |
| 12Brenham, TX | 51 | 37 | 23.9 | $377K | +7.0% | #275 of 538 |
Other business types in the Brenham 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 Brenham, TX area?
There are 37 auto repair shops on map listings in the Brenham area as of September 2026. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Brenham, TX area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $13.9M a year, or $900 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $377K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,481 households in the Brenham area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brenham, TX area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Brenham area has 23.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $377K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Brenham area would have about 31, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 911 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brenham, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Brenham area at 38,288 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,481 households. The median household income in the Brenham area is $77,825 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.6% 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 Brenham area scores 51 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #275 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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