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Auto repair shops in Adams County, WA
How Adams County, WA 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #450 of 2,378 scored counties
#25 of 33 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,254 a household
- Spending per listing
- $657K
- 48% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,488
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 auto repair shops in Adams County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 19.1 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Adams County comes to about $7.9M a year: $1,254 per household, 31% above the U.S. average. That is about $657K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 48% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Adams County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 572 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $9,500 has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Adams County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Adams County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Adams County is 67 (upper middle), #450 of 2,378 scored counties and #25 of 33 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Adams County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Adams County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.1 | 16.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $657K | $672K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 572 | 1,073 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,254 | $1,104 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,136 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $9,500
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Adams 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 Adams County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,488+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,288
- Median age
- 29.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,925 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $66,136+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,806
- Median home value
- $273,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,184
- Daytime population
- 20,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Washington for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Washington, with Adams County marked.
Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, WA | 96 | 20 | 12.6 | $1M | +8.0% | #2 of 2,378 |
| 2Klickitat County, WA | 94 | 11 | 11.1 | $1.1M | +6.6% | #6 of 2,378 |
| 3Pend Oreille County, WA | 91 | 10 | 16.8 | $734K | +7.1% | #16 of 2,378 |
| 4Mason County, WA | 90 | 37 | 14.2 | $903K | +7.8% | #19 of 2,378 |
| 5San Juan County, WA | 89 | 9 | 10.0 | $1.2M | +4.2% | #25 of 2,378 |
| 6Pacific County, WA | 84 | 10 | 9.1 | $1.2M | +3.6% | #53 of 2,378 |
| 7Jefferson County, WA | 83 | 18 | 11.0 | $986K | +2.7% | #67 of 2,378 |
| 8Kitsap County, WA | 81 | 147 | 13.5 | $875K | +2.7% | #95 of 2,378 |
| 9Benton County, WA | 81 | 136 | 17.4 | $660K | +6.9% | #103 of 2,378 |
| 10Kittitas County, WA | 81 | 37 | 18.5 | $642K | +4.2% | #105 of 2,378 |
| 25Adams County, WA | 67 | 12 | 19.1 | $657K | +4.3% | #450 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Adams 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 Adams County, WA?
Adams County has 12 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Adams County, WA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $7.9M a year, or $1,254 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $657K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,288 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Adams County, WA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Adams County has 19.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $657K, 48% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Adams County would have about 18, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 572 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Adams County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Adams County at 21,488 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,288 households. The median household income in Adams County is $66,136 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Adams County scores 67 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #450 of 2,378 scored counties.
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