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Auto repair shops in the Ogden, UT metro area
The auto repair shops in the Ogden, UT metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #57 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 497
- 127 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 274
- +6.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $271.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,271 a household
- Spending per listing
- $547K
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.2
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 672,784
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Ogden metro area spend about $271.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,271 per household, 33% above the U.S. average. Spread across 497 auto repair shops, that is $547K per shop, 23% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
The Ogden metro area has 497 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 127 are chain locations, or 26%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 23.2 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 274 businesses with payroll in the Ogden metro area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 780 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 336 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 24 SBA-backed loans worth $15.7M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Ogden metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ogden metro area grew 5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, the Ogden metro area has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #57 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Ogden metro area 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 | Ogden metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.2 | 23.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $547K | $522K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 780 | 831 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.7% | +6.5% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,271 | $1,224 | $958 |
| Median household income | $101,203 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 274+6.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,740
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $91.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 336Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 497127 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 611The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 24
- Amount
- $15.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Ogden metro area, 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 the Ogden metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 672,784+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 213,829
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 423
- Median household income
- $101,203
- Average household income
- $122,628
- Median home value
- $471,500
- Jobs located here
- 256,321
- Daytime population
- 600,855Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Utah for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Utah, with the Ogden metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 77 | 461 | 22.3 | $587K | +14.5% | #21 of 387 |
| 2Ogden, UT | 69 | 497 | 23.2 | $547K | +5.3% | #57 of 387 |
| 3Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 68 | 1,035 | 23.0 | $498K | +3.8% | #66 of 387 |
| 4Logan, UT-ID | 66 | 120 | 24.3 | $530K | +8.8% | #77 of 387 |
| 5St. George, UT | 54 | 196 | 28.1 | $420K | +17.4% | #171 of 387 |
Other business types in the Ogden metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Ogden, UT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 497 auto repair shops in the Ogden metro area. 127 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 274 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019. Official counts list 336 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ogden, UT metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $271.9M a year, or $1,271 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 497 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $547K 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 213,829 households in the Ogden metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ogden, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Ogden metro area has 23.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $547K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Ogden metro area would have about 611, against 497 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 780 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ogden, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ogden metro area at 672,784 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 213,829 households. Median household income in the Ogden metro area is $101,203, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Ogden metro area scores 69 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #57 of 387 scored metro areas.
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