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Auto repair shops in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area
How the Fond du Lac, WI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #155 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 90
- 14 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,090 a household
- Spending per listing
- $524K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.8
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,669
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Fond du Lac metro area comes to about $47.1M a year: $1,090 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $524K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
The Fond du Lac metro area has 90 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 20.8 for every 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 52 businesses with payroll in the Fond du Lac metro area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 832 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 94 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Fond du Lac metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fond du Lac metro area grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in the Fond du Lac metro area is 55 (upper middle), #155 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Fond du Lac metro area 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.
| Measure | Fond du Lac metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.8 | 20.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $524K | $511K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 832 | 890 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −1.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,090 | $1,061 | $958 |
| Median household income | $74,275 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 520.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 252
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 94Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9014 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 106The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,669+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 43,243
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 720 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $74,275+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,084
- Median home value
- $222,800
- Jobs located here
- 49,885
- Daytime population
- 99,843Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fond du Lac metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison, WI | 77 | 535 | 17.7 | $575K | +4.1% | #22 of 387 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 72 | 2,531 | 17.1 | $636K | +2.6% | #48 of 387 |
| 2Green Bay, WI | 67 | 278 | 20.4 | $537K | +2.5% | #72 of 387 |
| 3Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 64 | 128 | 17.6 | $590K | +1.4% | #87 of 387 |
| 4Kenosha, WI | 62 | 146 | 21.2 | $518K | −0.4% | #98 of 387 |
| 5Appleton, WI | 57 | 223 | 22.4 | $508K | +2.7% | #141 of 387 |
| 6Wausau, WI | 55 | 122 | 21.1 | $535K | +1.0% | #154 of 387 |
| 7Fond du Lac, WI | 55 | 90 | 20.8 | $524K | +0.5% | #155 of 387 |
| 8Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 55 | 1,224 | 18.6 | $517K | 0.0% | #156 of 387 |
| 9Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 53 | 168 | 20.9 | $508K | +0.4% | #174 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fond du Lac metro area
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 the Fond du Lac, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 90 auto repair shops in the Fond du Lac metro area. 14 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 94 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $47.1M a year, or $1,090 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 90 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $524K 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 43,243 households in the Fond du Lac metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fond du Lac, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Fond du Lac metro area has 20.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $524K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Fond du Lac metro area would have about 106, against 90 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 832 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fond du Lac, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fond du Lac metro area at 104,669 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,243 households. Median household income in the Fond du Lac metro area is $74,275, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. The Fond du Lac metro area scores 55 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #155 of 387 scored metro areas.
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