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Auto repair shops in Big Horn County, WY

How Big Horn County, WY 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #518 of 2,378 scored counties
#3 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,304 a household
Spending per listing
$582K
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.4
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,024
+4.7% 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

At $1,304 per household (36% above the U.S. average), households in Big Horn County spend about $5.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 10 auto repair shops, that is $582K per shop, 31% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Big Horn County has 10 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.4, 4% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Big Horn County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 558 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Big Horn County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Big Horn County is 65 (upper middle), #518 of 2,378 scored counties and #3 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Big Horn County compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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 Big Horn County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureBig Horn CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.426.621.5
Spending per listing$582K$440K$445K
Households per official establishment558629955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.3%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.7%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,304$1,173$958
Median household income$62,101$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score6542

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 8
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$459K
One-person businesses, 2023
19Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Big Horn 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 Big Horn County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,024+4.7% since 2020
Households
4,460
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
3,137 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$62,101+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,230
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
4,155
Daytime population
11,485Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring counties in Wyoming for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with Big Horn County marked.

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Laramie County, WY678619.9$565K+2.2%#462 of 2,378
2Uinta County, WY672228.5$437K+1.3%#479 of 2,378
3Big Horn County, WY651022.4$582K+4.7%#518 of 2,378
4Lincoln County, WY652024.0$543K+7.8%#523 of 2,378
5Goshen County, WY551630.8$376K+1.0%#984 of 2,378
6Albany County, WY544425.8$411K+3.9%#1,024 of 2,378
7Teton County, WY522222.4$553K−0.2%#1,085 of 2,378
8Carbon County, WY481422.9$529K−3.4%#1,267 of 2,378
9Sweetwater County, WY474525.7$472K−2.2%#1,324 of 2,378
10Sheridan County, WY473928.2$398K+7.2%#1,343 of 2,378

Other business types in Big Horn County

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

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Big Horn County, WY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 auto repair shops in Big Horn County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Big Horn County, WY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $5.8M a year, or $1,304 per household. That is 36% above the U.S. average (an index of 136, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $582K 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 4,460 households in Big Horn County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Big Horn County, WY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Big Horn County has 22.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $582K, 31% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Big Horn County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 558 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Big Horn County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Big Horn County at 12,024 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,460 households. Median household income in Big Horn County is $62,101, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.6%, 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. Big Horn County scores 65 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #518 of 2,378 scored counties.

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