Auto Repair & Maintenance · Chicago, IL

Auto Repair & Maintenance Market in
Chicago, IL

$3.2B TAM · Market Score 77/100 · Ranked #3 of 925 MSAs by TAM

Bottom-up market data for the Chicago, IL MSA. Sourced from PinpointIQ's MSA-level intelligence platform.

Total TAM
$3.2B
rank #3 of 925
Market Score
77/100
rank #25 of 925 · 97th percentile
Operators
2,886
13,332 employees
Pop. growth (5-yr)
-1.9%
rank #662 of 872

Market Score breakdown

How Chicago scored 77/100 for Auto Repair & Maintenance

PinpointIQ's Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite. The components + weights are set per vertical. Chicago ranks in the 97th percentile nationally for Auto Repair & Maintenance.

ComponentWeightValuePercentile
Estimated Vehicles40%5,877,362100
Fragmentation Score35%92.239
Median HH Income25%90,88793

TAM by segment

$3.2B in Chicago broken down by segment

Repair_auto Repair Service
$2.4B
75% of total TAM
Repair_auto Repair Major
$798M
25% of total TAM

Demographic snapshot

Who lives and buys in Chicago

Population
9,371,595
-1.9% 5-yr growth
Median HH income
$90,887
27.4% HHs $150K+
Housing units
3,900,420
16.0% age 65+
GDP per capita
$98,502

Frequently asked questions

Auto Repair & Maintenance market in Chicago: common questions

How big is the auto repair & maintenance market in Chicago, IL?

The auto repair & maintenance market in Chicago, IL has a total addressable market of $3.2B, calculated bottom-up from U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS County Business Patterns data at the census-tract level. This makes Chicago the #3 largest auto repair & maintenance market of 925 U.S. MSAs.

How many auto repair & maintenance companies are in Chicago?

PinpointIQ tracks 2,886 auto repair & maintenance establishments in the Chicago MSA, employing approximately 13,332 people. Establishment counts are sourced from IRS County Business Patterns and refreshed monthly.

How does Chicago rank nationally for auto repair & maintenance?

Chicago scores 77/100 on PinpointIQ's Auto Repair & Maintenance Market Score, ranking #25 of 925 U.S. metros — the 97th percentile nationally. The Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite of the vertical-specific drivers that make a metro attractive for auto repair & maintenance operators and investors.

What drives auto repair & maintenance demand in Chicago?

PinpointIQ scores Chicago's auto repair & maintenance market on 3 components: Estimated Vehicles (40% weight, 100th percentile); Fragmentation Score (35% weight, 39th percentile); Median HH Income (25% weight, 93th percentile). The weights are calibrated to the auto repair & maintenance vertical and applied consistently across every U.S. MSA.

What are the biggest auto repair & maintenance sub-segments in Chicago?

Chicago's $3.2B auto repair & maintenance TAM breaks down into: Repair_auto Repair Service ($2.4B, 75% of TAM); Repair_auto Repair Major ($798M, 25% of TAM). Segment sizes reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up model at the census-tract level.

Is Chicago growing? How does population affect the auto repair & maintenance market?

Chicago has a population of 9,371,595 and has declined 1.9% over the last 5 years. Population change is one of the drivers of auto repair & maintenance demand and factors into PinpointIQ's Market Score alongside vertical-specific attractiveness metrics.

TAM figures reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up market size model built from U.S. Census, BLS, IRS County Business Patterns, and other public + commercial sources at the census-tract level. Market Score is PinpointIQ's percentile-weighted composite; the components and weights are set per vertical and shown above. Data refreshed monthly.

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