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Auto repair shops in Medina County, TX

How Medina 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #961 of 2,378 scored counties
#42 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
40
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
25
+25.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$18.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,024 a household
Spending per listing
$456K
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.5
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,881
+11.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Medina County comes to about $18.2M a year: $1,024 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $456K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Medina County has 40 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That is 22.5 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in Medina County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 712 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 71 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $175K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Medina County.

Population estimates show Medina County grew 11.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Medina County is 55 (upper middle), #961 of 2,378 scored counties and #42 of 162 scored counties in Texas.

How Medina 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.

Auto repair shops in Medina County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMedina CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.526.121.5
Spending per listing$456K$352K$445K
Households per official establishment7121,058955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+25.0%+10.9%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,024$918$958
Median household income$78,074$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5546

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 25+25.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
97
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
71Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
401 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$175K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Medina 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 Medina County

Population, 2025 estimate
56,881+11.4% since 2020
Households
17,804
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,325 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$78,074+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,735
Median home value
$239,600
Jobs located here
9,140
Daytime population
39,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Medina County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chambers County, TX902514.5$745K+22.6%#23 of 2,378
2Fort Bend County, TX8545815.6$680K+17.4%#51 of 2,378
3San Jacinto County, TX83109.2$1.1M+7.1%#64 of 2,378
4Falls County, TX8069.5$967K+5.5%#109 of 2,378
5Collin County, TX7770717.0$586K+20.6%#173 of 2,378
6Denton County, TX7666318.4$553K+16.9%#199 of 2,378
7Llano County, TX751614.9$603K+9.5%#213 of 2,378
8Jones County, TX751220.3$505K+6.1%#218 of 2,378
9Franklin County, TX74820.5$532K+6.0%#240 of 2,378
10Wilson County, TX733720.3$569K+12.2%#267 of 2,378
42Medina County, TX554022.5$456K+11.4%#961 of 2,378

Other business types in Medina County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Medina County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 auto repair shops in Medina County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 71 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Medina County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $18.2M a year, or $1,024 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $456K 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 17,804 households in Medina County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Medina County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Medina County has 22.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $456K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Medina County would have about 41, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 712 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Medina County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Medina County at 56,881 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,804 households. Median household income in Medina County is $78,074, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Medina County scores 55 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #961 of 2,378 scored counties.

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