Charleston, SC · Auto Repair
Auto Repair in Charleston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 381 automotive repair and maintenance shops in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area in 2023, employing 2,553 people with $132.4 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
381
78th most of 387 US metro areas
2,553
6.7 per business, against 6.1 across all metros
$132.4 million
$51,871 per employee
78%
of businesses, against 82% across all metros
+4.7%
in the number of businesses (364 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Charleston.
- Charleston ranks 78th of 387 US metro areas by number of automotive repair and maintenance shops.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 6.7 employees.
- The market grew: 17 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps auto repair in Charleston.
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Questions
Auto Repair in Charleston
How many automotive repair and maintenance shops are there in Charleston?
381 in the Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 2,553 people and paid $132.4 million in annual payroll.
Is the Charleston market for auto repair growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 364 to 381 (+4.7%).
What does VERA do for auto repair in Charleston?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Charleston 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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