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Auto repair shops in the Kingsville, TX area
The auto repair shops in the Kingsville, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #436 of 538 scored small-town markets
#33 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 33
- 3 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $852 a household
- Spending per listing
- $306K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.8
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,315
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, the Kingsville area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #436 of 538 scored small-town markets and #33 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Kingsville area comes to about $10.1M a year: $852 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 auto repair shops, that is $306K per shop, 31% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
The Kingsville area has 33 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 27.8 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Kingsville area in 2023. That is one for every 1,693 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kingsville area declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Kingsville 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 | Kingsville area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.8 | 26.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $306K | $352K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,693 | 1,058 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.9% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $852 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $61,292 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 333 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Kingsville 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 Kingsville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,315−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,853
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 881 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $61,292
- Average household income
- $72,637
- Median home value
- $161,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,003
- Daytime population
- 27,479Residents 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 Kingsville 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 |
| 33Kingsville, TX | 34 | 33 | 27.8 | $306K | −2.2% | #436 of 538 |
Other business types in the Kingsville 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 Kingsville, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 auto repair shops in the Kingsville area. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kingsville, TX area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $10.1M a year, or $852 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $306K 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 11,853 households in the Kingsville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kingsville, TX area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Kingsville area has 27.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $306K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Kingsville area would have about 23, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,693 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kingsville, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Kingsville area at 30,315 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,853 households. Median household income in the Kingsville area is $61,292, 24% below 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. 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 Kingsville area scores 34 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #436 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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