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Auto repair shops in Carbon County, UT
How Carbon County, UT 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 #982 of 2,378 scored counties
#19 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 24
- 6 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,127 a household
- Spending per listing
- $381K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.5
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,680
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Carbon County spend about $9.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,127 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That works out to $381K per shop, 14% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Carbon County has 24 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.5, 37% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Carbon County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,354 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Carbon County.
Population estimates put the population change in Carbon County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Carbon County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #982 of 2,378 scored counties and #19 of 21 scored counties in Utah.
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Carbon County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.5 | 23.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $381K | $522K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,354 | 831 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.5% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,127 | $1,224 | $958 |
| Median household income | $58,377 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $918K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 246 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,680+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,123
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $58,377+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,548
- Median home value
- $228,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,904
- Daytime population
- 17,852Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Utah for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Utah, with Carbon County marked.
Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wasatch County, UT | 93 | 22 | 17.1 | $809K | +9.9% | #11 of 2,378 |
| 2Summit County, UT | 84 | 24 | 15.3 | $900K | +1.6% | #56 of 2,378 |
| 3Tooele County, UT | 82 | 52 | 21.7 | $666K | +19.2% | #84 of 2,378 |
| 4Morgan County, UT | 80 | 6 | 15.9 | $1.1M | +8.1% | #108 of 2,378 |
| 5Millard County, UT | 78 | 6 | 13.8 | $1M | +7.7% | #141 of 2,378 |
| 6Juab County, UT | 78 | 11 | 28.5 | $535K | +14.8% | #159 of 2,378 |
| 7Utah County, UT | 76 | 450 | 22.2 | $588K | +14.5% | #191 of 2,378 |
| 8Box Elder County, UT | 75 | 40 | 20.5 | $671K | +12.7% | #208 of 2,378 |
| 9San Juan County, UT | 73 | 5 | 11.0 | $999K | +0.1% | #247 of 2,378 |
| 10Davis County, UT | 73 | 247 | 21.3 | $614K | +4.8% | #261 of 2,378 |
| 19Carbon County, UT | 55 | 24 | 29.5 | $381K | +1.0% | #982 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Carbon County
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 Carbon County, UT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 auto repair shops in Carbon County. 6 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carbon County, UT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9.2M a year, or $1,127 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $381K 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 8,123 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, UT compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Carbon County has 29.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $381K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Carbon County would have about 21, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,354 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Carbon County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 20,680 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,123 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $58,377, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Carbon County scores 55 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #982 of 2,378 scored counties.
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