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Auto repair shops in Carbon County, WY
The auto repair shops in Carbon County, WY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,267 of 2,378 scored counties
#8 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,212 a household
- Spending per listing
- $529K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.9
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,013
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Carbon County comes to about $7.4M a year: $1,212 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. Spread across 14 auto repair shops, that is $529K per shop, 19% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Carbon County has 14 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.9, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Carbon County in 2023. That is one for every 612 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carbon County declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Carbon County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,267 of 2,378 scored counties and #8 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming.
How Carbon 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.
| Measure | Carbon County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.9 | 26.6 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $529K | $440K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 612 | 629 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.3% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,212 | $1,173 | $958 |
| Median household income | $70,511 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,013−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,116
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 7,898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $70,511+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,259
- Median home value
- $222,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,074
- Daytime population
- 14,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laramie County, WY | 67 | 86 | 19.9 | $565K | +2.2% | #462 of 2,378 |
| 2Uinta County, WY | 67 | 22 | 28.5 | $437K | +1.3% | #479 of 2,378 |
| 3Big Horn County, WY | 65 | 10 | 22.4 | $582K | +4.7% | #518 of 2,378 |
| 4Lincoln County, WY | 65 | 20 | 24.0 | $543K | +7.8% | #523 of 2,378 |
| 5Goshen County, WY | 55 | 16 | 30.8 | $376K | +1.0% | #984 of 2,378 |
| 6Albany County, WY | 54 | 44 | 25.8 | $411K | +3.9% | #1,024 of 2,378 |
| 7Teton County, WY | 52 | 22 | 22.4 | $553K | −0.2% | #1,085 of 2,378 |
| 8Carbon County, WY | 48 | 14 | 22.9 | $529K | −3.4% | #1,267 of 2,378 |
| 9Sweetwater County, WY | 47 | 45 | 25.7 | $472K | −2.2% | #1,324 of 2,378 |
| 10Sheridan County, WY | 47 | 39 | 28.2 | $398K | +7.2% | #1,343 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Carbon 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 Carbon County, WY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 auto repair shops in Carbon County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carbon County, WY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $7.4M a year, or $1,212 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $529K 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 6,116 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, WY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Carbon County has 22.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $529K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Carbon County would have about 17, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 612 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Carbon County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 14,013 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,116 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $70,511, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Carbon County scores 48 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,267 of 2,378 scored counties.
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