General auto repair in Missouri 1,544 establishments · 7,704 employees · 2024
Firms (MO)
1,544
Employment
7,704
Avg Annual Pay
$53,726
State Rank
#20 of 52
How Missouri compares to national
Metric
Missouri
National
Missouri vs. U.S.
Establishments
1,544
86,232
1.8% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$53,726
$57,862
-$4,136 (-7.1%)
Location quotient
0.89
1.00
11% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
5.0
4.6
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Year-over-year firm growth
-3.4%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.89 means general auto repair are 11% under-represented in Missouri's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 811111. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json