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Auto repair shops in Webb County, TX

How Webb 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,794 of 2,378 scored counties
#108 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
249
28 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
83
+13.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$73.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $900 a household
Spending per listing
$294K
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.6
42% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
281,224
+5.2% 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

Webb County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,794 of 2,378 scored counties and #108 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Webb County spend about $73.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $900 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 249 auto repair shops, that is $294K per shop, 34% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Webb County has 249 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 30.6 per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Webb County in 2023, up 13.7% from 2019. That is one for every 980 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Webb County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Webb County grew 5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Webb 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 Webb County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWebb CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.626.121.5
Spending per listing$294K$352K$445K
Households per official establishment9801,058955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.7%+10.9%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$900$918$958
Median household income$63,058$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3746

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
73 → 83+13.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
873
Annual payroll, 2023
$52.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
724Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
24928 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
165The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
281,224+5.2% since 2020
Households
81,373
Median age
30.9
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,362 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$63,058+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,101
Median home value
$189,900
Jobs located here
100,368
Daytime population
263,275Residents 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 Webb 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
108Webb County, TX3724930.6$294K+5.2%#1,794 of 2,378

Other business types in Webb County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 249 auto repair shops in Webb County. 28 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 13.7% from 2019. Official counts list 724 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $73.2M 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 249 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $294K 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 81,373 households in Webb County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Webb County has 30.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $294K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Webb County would have about 165, against 249 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 980 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Webb County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Webb County at 281,224 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 81,373 households. Median household income in Webb County is $63,058, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.7%, 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. Webb County scores 37 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,794 of 2,378 scored counties.

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