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Auto repair shops in Iron County, WI

How Iron County, WI 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
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,077 a household
Spending per listing
$558K
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.3
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,127
−0.3% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Iron County comes to about $3.3M a year: $1,077 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $558K per shop, 26% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Iron County has 6 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.3, 10% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for mechanical, body and glass repair in Iron County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Iron County declined 0.3%, 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 Iron 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 Iron County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureIron CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.320.721.5
Spending per listing$558K$511K$445K
Households per official establishmentn/a890955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.4%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,077$1,061$958
Median household income$60,625$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Iron 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 Iron County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,127−0.3% since 2020
Households
3,109
Median age
53.9
Homes lived in by their owners
89%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
758 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$60,625
Average household income
$76,937
Median home value
$165,900
Jobs located here
1,835
Daytime population
5,969Residents 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 Iron 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
Iron County, WINot scored619.3$558K−0.3%

Other business types in Iron County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 auto repair shops in Iron County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Iron County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $3.3M a year, or $1,077 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $558K 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 3,109 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Iron County has 19.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $558K, 26% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Iron County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Iron County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Iron County at 6,127 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,109 households. Median household income in Iron County is $60,625, 25% 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.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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