Austin, TX · Auto Repair

Auto Repair in Austin, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,103 automotive repair and maintenance shops in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,619 people with $439.4 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

1,103

28th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

7,619

6.9 per business, against 6.1 across all metros

Annual payroll

$439.4 million

$57,673 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

76%

of businesses, against 82% across all metros

Change since 2022

+6.1%

in the number of businesses (1,040 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Austin.

  • Austin is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of automotive repair and maintenance shops, 28th of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 6.9 employees.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $57,673 per employee a year, against $49,854.
  • The market grew: 63 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Auto Repair in Austin

How many automotive repair and maintenance shops are there in Austin?

1,103 in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,619 people and paid $439.4 million in annual payroll.

Is the Austin market for auto repair growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,040 to 1,103 (+6.1%).

What does VERA do for auto repair in Austin?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Austin business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is automotive repair and maintenance shops, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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