Cleveland, OH · Auto Repair
Auto Repair in Cleveland, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,043 automotive repair and maintenance shops in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area in 2023, employing 5,820 people with $269.5 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,043
30th most of 387 US metro areas
5,820
5.6 per business, against 6.1 across all metros
$269.5 million
$46,313 per employee
87%
of businesses, against 82% across all metros
+1.9%
in the number of businesses (1,024 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Cleveland.
- Cleveland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of automotive repair and maintenance shops, 30th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 5.6 employees.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps auto repair in Cleveland.
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Recover declined work systematically
Every deferred job gets tracked, re-priced at today's parts cost, and re-offered at the right interval instead of being forgotten.
Questions
Auto Repair in Cleveland
How many automotive repair and maintenance shops are there in Cleveland?
1,043 in the Cleveland, OH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 5,820 people and paid $269.5 million in annual payroll.
Is the Cleveland market for auto repair growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,024 to 1,043 (+1.9%).
What does VERA do for auto repair in Cleveland?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Cleveland 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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