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Auto repair shops in Wilbarger County, TX
How Wilbarger 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 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,356 of 2,378 scored counties
#159 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $890 a household
- Spending per listing
- $185K
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 48.1
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,481
- −2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Wilbarger County has a Groundwork market score of 12 (low): #2,356 of 2,378 scored counties and #159 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 auto repair shops in Wilbarger County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That is 48.1 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $890 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Wilbarger County spend about $4.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 23 auto repair shops, that is $185K per shop, 58% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Wilbarger County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 683 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates show Wilbarger County declined 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wilbarger 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.
| Measure | Wilbarger County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 48.1 | 26.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $185K | $352K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 683 | 1,058 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.9% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $890 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,102 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $733K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 231 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Wilbarger 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 Wilbarger County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,481−2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,778
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 971 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $54,102+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,486
- Median home value
- $89,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,461
- Daytime population
- 11,849Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 90 | 25 | 14.5 | $745K | +22.6% | #23 of 2,378 |
| 2Fort Bend County, TX | 85 | 458 | 15.6 | $680K | +17.4% | #51 of 2,378 |
| 3San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 10 | 9.2 | $1.1M | +7.1% | #64 of 2,378 |
| 4Falls County, TX | 80 | 6 | 9.5 | $967K | +5.5% | #109 of 2,378 |
| 5Collin County, TX | 77 | 707 | 17.0 | $586K | +20.6% | #173 of 2,378 |
| 6Denton County, TX | 76 | 663 | 18.4 | $553K | +16.9% | #199 of 2,378 |
| 7Llano County, TX | 75 | 16 | 14.9 | $603K | +9.5% | #213 of 2,378 |
| 8Jones County, TX | 75 | 12 | 20.3 | $505K | +6.1% | #218 of 2,378 |
| 9Franklin County, TX | 74 | 8 | 20.5 | $532K | +6.0% | #240 of 2,378 |
| 10Wilson County, TX | 73 | 37 | 20.3 | $569K | +12.2% | #267 of 2,378 |
| 159Wilbarger County, TX | 12 | 23 | 48.1 | $185K | −2.8% | #2,356 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Wilbarger County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Wilbarger County, TX?
There are 23 auto repair shops on map listings in Wilbarger County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. 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 also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wilbarger County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.3M a year, or $890 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $185K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,778 households in Wilbarger County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wilbarger County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Wilbarger County has 48.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $185K, 58% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Wilbarger County would have about 10, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 683 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Wilbarger County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Wilbarger County at 12,481 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,778 households. The median household income in Wilbarger County is $54,102 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Wilbarger County scores 12 for auto repair shops (low), #2,356 of 2,378 scored counties.
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