Industry · NAICS 8111

Automotive repair and maintenance

The United States has 169,572 employer establishments in automotive repair and maintenance (5 per 10,000 residents), employing 992,292 people at an average annual pay of $49,123, plus 401,679 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
169,572
401,679 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
5
Paid employees
992,292
Average annual pay
$49,123

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Automotive repair and maintenance by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,889236,6041.50.30×131$33,02396
2Brownsville-Harlingen, TX428,9061024,2052.40.47×565$33,614944
3McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0962224,0592.50.49×1,735$42,0512,949
4Tuscaloosa, AL279,756873,2163.10.62×535$47,793356
5Urban Honolulu, HI989,6983093,2033.10.62×2,014$54,287574
6Sumter, SC104,396333,1643.20.63×226$44,765201
7Cleveland, TN130,260433,0293.30.66×231$45,446178
8Auburn-Opelika, AL202,368673,0203.30.66×403$48,362211
9Seaford, DE264,046883,0013.30.66×430$53,993282
10Hattiesburg, MS156,109532,9453.40.67×296$42,902206
11Jacksonville, NC210,955732,8903.50.69×495$42,794225
12Warner Robins, GA200,730702,8683.50.69×445$48,544353
13Merced, CA294,3191032,8573.50.69×595$44,197343
14Ann Arbor, MI367,8451292,8523.50.70×689$53,267222
15Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL824,7942912,8343.50.70×1,724$48,1241,621
16Lumberton, NC118,005422,8103.60.71×127$29,465219
17Hilo-Kailua, HI207,476742,8043.60.71×294$44,446268
18Fayetteville, NC392,3451402,8023.60.71×870$46,469445
19Ithaca, NY104,453382,7493.60.72×237$47,97943
20Durham-Chapel Hill, NC609,2802222,7453.60.72×1,292$49,652500
21Dalton, GA145,315532,7423.60.72×311$49,814249
22State College, PA158,739582,7373.70.73×383$44,72693
23Johnson City, TN213,324792,7003.70.74×414$45,577232
24Columbus, OH2,192,1648152,6903.70.74×5,696$47,3902,052
25Memphis, TN-MS-AR1,342,3865042,6633.80.75×3,864$50,9992,941

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $294.5M on contracts under NAICS 8111 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (1,419 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$76.2M26%
    18 awards
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$53.3M18%
    117 awards
  3. Texarkana, TX-AR$40M14%
    2 awards
  4. Concord, NH$12.5M4.3%
    7 awards
  5. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$10.7M3.6%
    12 awards
  6. Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$10.3M3.5%
    1 award
  7. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$7.5M2.6%
    15 awards
  8. Colorado Springs, CO$6.5M2.2%
    6 awards
  9. Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$3.4M1.1%
    3 awards
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$2.4M0.8%
    15 awards

Counties

  1. Macomb County, MI$76.1M26%
    17 awards
  2. Bowie County, TX$40M14%
    2 awards
  3. Merrimack County, NH$12.5M4.3%
    7 awards
  4. District of Columbia, DC$12.1M4.1%
    30 awards
  5. Loudoun County, VA$10.6M3.6%
    3 awards
  6. Greene County, OH$10.3M3.5%
    1 award
  7. Fairfax County, VA$9.8M3.3%
    37 awards
  8. Montgomery County, MD$9.5M3.2%
    20 awards
  9. New York County, NY$9.4M3.2%
    1 award
  10. Arlington County, VA$7.9M2.7%
    6 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Sterling Heights city, MI$76.1M26%
    14 awards
  2. Washington city, DC$12.1M4.1%
    30 awards
  3. Wright-Patterson AFB CDP, OH$10.2M3.5%
    1 award
  4. New York city, NY$9.4M3.2%
    2 awards
  5. Reston CDP, VA$8.1M2.7%
    1 award
  6. Arlington CDP, VA$7.9M2.7%
    6 awards
  7. Hampton city, VA$7.3M2.5%
    2 awards
  8. Colorado Springs city, CO$6.5M2.2%
    3 awards
  9. Texarkana city, TX$5.7M1.9%
    2 awards
  10. Ashburn CDP, VA$5.1M1.7%
    2 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)