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Auto repair shops in Crawford County, WI

How Crawford County, WI 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 #465 of 2,378 scored counties
#15 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
13
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,069 a household
Spending per listing
$551K
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.4
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,910
−1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 auto repair shops in Crawford County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 19.4 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Households in Crawford County spend about $7.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,069 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $551K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 24% 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 4 businesses with payroll in Crawford County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,677 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Crawford County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #465 of 2,378 scored counties and #15 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Crawford County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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.

Auto repair shops in Crawford County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.420.721.5
Spending per listing$551K$511K$445K
Households per official establishment1,677890955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.4%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,069$1,061$958
Median household income$64,094$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score6758

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 4
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
131 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,910−1.1% since 2020
Households
6,706
Median age
47.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
571 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$64,094+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,254
Median home value
$183,400
Jobs located here
6,636
Daytime population
14,868Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Crawford County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bayfield County, WI8868.1$1.5M+3.4%#32 of 2,378
2Adams County, WI831212.6$881K+5.2%#68 of 2,378
3Pierce County, WI822717.0$764K+3.1%#77 of 2,378
4Calumet County, WI772913.6$876K+2.9%#163 of 2,378
5Oconto County, WI773017.8$706K+2.9%#167 of 2,378
6Dane County, WI7541216.4$601K+4.9%#214 of 2,378
7Walworth County, WI697918.3$648K+0.8%#365 of 2,378
8Shawano County, WI693822.0$517K+1.7%#384 of 2,378
9Iowa County, WI681716.8$703K+1.0%#405 of 2,378
10Monroe County, WI683720.2$545K+0.6%#426 of 2,378
15Crawford County, WI671319.4$551K−1.1%#465 of 2,378

Other business types in Crawford County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Crawford County, WI?

There are 13 auto repair shops on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) 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 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Crawford County, WI spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $7.2M a year, or $1,069 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $551K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,706 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, WI compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Crawford County has 19.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $551K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Crawford County would have about 16, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,677 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 15,910 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,706 households. The median household income in Crawford County is $64,094 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.7% 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. Crawford County scores 67 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #465 of 2,378 scored counties.

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