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Auto repair shops in Covington city, VA
How Covington city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $782 a household
- Spending per listing
- $168K
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 46.6
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,680
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 auto repair shops in Covington city. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 25%, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 46.6, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Households in Covington city spend about $2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $782 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $168K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 62% 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 Covington city was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 644 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Covington city from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Covington city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Covington city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 46.6 | 19.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $168K | $496K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 644 | 982 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $782 | $968 | $958 |
| Median household income | $41,944 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $607K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Covington city, 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 Covington city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,680−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,576
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 6 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,039
- Median household income
- $41,944
- Average household income
- $54,148
- Median home value
- $83,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,889
- Daytime population
- 6,867Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Covington city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fluvanna County, VA | 95 | 8 | 7.7 | $1.6M | +6.2% | #4 of 2,378 |
| 2Caroline County, VA | 90 | 18 | 15.0 | $768K | +11.3% | #22 of 2,378 |
| 3Poquoson city, VA | 89 | 6 | 12.7 | $912K | +6.6% | #27 of 2,378 |
| 4Clarke County, VA | 87 | 11 | 18.7 | $632K | +5.4% | #36 of 2,378 |
| 5Prince George County, VA | 86 | 11 | 8.5 | $1.4M | +2.0% | #37 of 2,378 |
| 6James City County, VA | 85 | 31 | 9.7 | $1M | +6.2% | #46 of 2,378 |
| 7Louisa County, VA | 84 | 28 | 18.0 | $660K | +13.6% | #61 of 2,378 |
| 8King George County, VA | 83 | 21 | 20.7 | $571K | +10.5% | #74 of 2,378 |
| 9Albemarle County, VA | 81 | 48 | 10.5 | $927K | +5.1% | #92 of 2,378 |
| 10Chesterfield County, VA | 81 | 221 | 15.8 | $669K | +8.7% | #101 of 2,378 |
| Covington city, VA | Not scored | 12 | 46.6 | $168K | −1.2% |
Other business types in Covington city
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Covington city, VA?
There are 12 auto repair shops on map listings in Covington city as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023.
How much do households in Covington city, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2M a year, or $782 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $168K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,576 households in Covington city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Covington city, VA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Covington city has 46.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $168K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Covington city would have about 5, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 644 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Covington city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Covington city at 5,680 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,576 households. The median household income in Covington city is $41,944 a year, 48% below 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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