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Auto repair shops in Klickitat County, WA
How Klickitat 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 94 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #6 of 2,378 scored counties
#2 of 33 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,228 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,331
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Klickitat County is 94 (very high), #6 of 2,378 scored counties and #2 of 33 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
At $1,228 per household (28% above the U.S. average), households in Klickitat County spend about $12.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 11 auto repair shops, that is $1.1M per shop, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Klickitat County has 11 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 11.1 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Klickitat County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,468 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $50K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Klickitat County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Klickitat County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Klickitat 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 | Klickitat County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 16.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $672K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,468 | 1,073 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.1% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,228 | $1,104 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,042 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 94 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $364K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Klickitat 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 Klickitat County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,331+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 9,872
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,872 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $71,042+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,802
- Median home value
- $425,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,282
- Daytime population
- 21,778Residents 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 Klickitat 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 |
Other business types in Klickitat 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 Klickitat County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 auto repair shops in Klickitat County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. 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. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Klickitat County, WA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.1M a year, or $1,228 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 9,872 households in Klickitat County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Klickitat County, WA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Klickitat County has 11.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $1.1M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Klickitat County would have about 27, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,468 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Klickitat County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Klickitat County at 24,331 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,872 households. Median household income in Klickitat County is $71,042, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Klickitat County scores 94 for auto repair shops (very high), #6 of 2,378 scored counties.
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