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Auto repair shops in Tom Green County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Tom Green County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,273 of 2,378 scored counties
#152 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
141
20 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
62
+10.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$39.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $847 a household
Spending per listing
$281K
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.2
40% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
120,602
+0.4% 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

For auto repair shops, Tom Green County has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #2,273 of 2,378 scored counties and #152 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Tom Green County comes to about $39.6M a year: $847 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $281K per shop, 37% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 141 auto repair shops on map listings in Tom Green County as of September 2026. 20 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 30.2 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Tom Green County was 62 in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019. That is one for every 754 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Tom Green County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Tom Green 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 Tom Green County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTom Green CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.226.121.5
Spending per listing$281K$352K$445K
Households per official establishment7541,058955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.7%+10.9%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$847$918$958
Median household income$68,370$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score1946

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
56 → 62+10.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
354
Annual payroll, 2023
$19.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
126Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14120 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
89The 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green County

Population, 2025 estimate
120,602+0.4% since 2020
Households
46,756
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,590
Median home value
$197,000
Jobs located here
47,889
Daytime population
118,619Residents 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 Tom Green 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
152Tom Green County, TX1914130.2$281K+0.4%#2,273 of 2,378

Other business types in Tom Green County

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

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Tom Green County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 141 auto repair shops in Tom Green County. 20 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 62 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019. Another 126 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $39.6M a year, or $847 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 141 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $281K 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 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tom Green County has 30.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $281K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 89, against 141 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 754 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Tom Green County scores 19 for auto repair shops (low), #2,273 of 2,378 scored counties.

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