Portland, OR · Auto Repair
Auto Repair in Portland, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,241 automotive repair and maintenance shops in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area in 2023, employing 8,474 people with $440.2 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,241
26th most of 387 US metro areas
8,474
6.8 per business, against 6.1 across all metros
$440.2 million
$51,942 per employee
79%
of businesses, against 82% across all metros
+1.0%
in the number of businesses (1,229 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Portland.
- Portland is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of automotive repair and maintenance shops, 26th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 6.8 employees.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps auto repair in Portland.
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Questions
Auto Repair in Portland
How many automotive repair and maintenance shops are there in Portland?
1,241 in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 8,474 people and paid $440.2 million in annual payroll.
Is the Portland market for auto repair growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,229 to 1,241 (+1.0%).
What does VERA do for auto repair in Portland?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Portland 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.
Auto Repair in other markets
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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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