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Auto repair shops in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area
How the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #225 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 7,260
- 1,174 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 2,342
- +11.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.4B
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $337K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.3
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,904,627
- +10.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7,260 auto repair shops in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 27.3 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $919 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area spend about $2.4B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $337K per shop, 24% 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 2,342 businesses with payroll in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 11.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,137 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 10,225 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 136 SBA-backed loans worth $86.5M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #225 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro 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 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.3 | 26.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $337K | $352K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,137 | 1,058 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.2% | +10.9% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $919 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $82,168 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,342+11.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 14,939
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $850.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10,225Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7,2601,174 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5,499The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 136
- Amount
- $86.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,904,627+10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,661,739
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 8,839 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 842
- Median household income
- $82,168
- Average household income
- $117,837
- Median home value
- $298,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,347,878
- Daytime population
- 7,510,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 66 | 1,955 | 19.8 | $463K | +14.0% | #81 of 387 |
| 2College Station-Bryan, TX | 55 | 209 | 19.8 | $443K | +6.9% | #160 of 387 |
| 3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 50 | 7,265 | 25.1 | $378K | +10.6% | #205 of 387 |
| 4Sherman-Denison, TX | 49 | 154 | 27.9 | $342K | +12.8% | #212 of 387 |
| 5San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 48 | 2,420 | 25.0 | $362K | +9.5% | #224 of 387 |
| 6Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 48 | 7,260 | 27.3 | $337K | +10.3% | #225 of 387 |
| 7McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 46 | 793 | 29.3 | $297K | +5.6% | #244 of 387 |
| 8Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 43 | 335 | 24.2 | $348K | +3.0% | #264 of 387 |
| 9Killeen-Temple, TX | 41 | 436 | 24.5 | $363K | +7.2% | #270 of 387 |
| 10Midland, TX | 37 | 187 | 26.9 | $356K | +9.8% | #291 of 387 |
Other business types in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area?
There are 7,260 auto repair shops on map listings in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area as of September 2026. 1,174 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 2,342 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 11.2% from 2019. Official counts list 10,225 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.4B a year, or $919 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7,260 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $337K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,661,739 households in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area has 27.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $337K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area would have about 5,499, against 7,260 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,137 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area at 7,904,627 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,661,739 households. The median household income in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area is $82,168 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area scores 48 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #225 of 387 scored metro areas.
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