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Auto repair and car care businesses in Bullock County, AL
How Bullock County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,267 of 2,401 scored counties
#61 of 63 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 11
- 4 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $730 a household
- Spending per listing
- $245K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.8
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,780
- −4.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in Bullock County is 20 (low), #2,267 of 2,401 scored counties and #61 of 63 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $730 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Bullock County spend about $2.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $245K per business, 9% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
There are 11 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Bullock County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 29.8 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Bullock County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Bullock County declined 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bullock County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair and car care businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Bullock County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.8 | 36.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $245K | $255K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 754 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.5% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $730 | $929 | $958 |
| Median household income | $31,310 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Bullock County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Bullock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,780−4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 3,688
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 623 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $31,310−17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $45,506
- Median home value
- $81,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,454
- Daytime population
- 8,815Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 84 | 122 | 29.8 | $356K | +18.0% | #66 of 2,401 |
| 2Henry County, AL | 78 | 15 | 21.2 | $427K | +7.1% | #157 of 2,401 |
| 3Lawrence County, AL | 76 | 43 | 31.6 | $348K | +2.3% | #206 of 2,401 |
| 4Cherokee County, AL | 76 | 30 | 29.4 | $338K | +5.8% | #207 of 2,401 |
| 5Lee County, AL | 75 | 191 | 27.5 | $342K | +8.6% | #233 of 2,401 |
| 6Winston County, AL | 73 | 27 | 28.7 | $368K | +1.4% | #270 of 2,401 |
| 7Baldwin County, AL | 72 | 304 | 30.8 | $314K | +14.8% | #315 of 2,401 |
| 8Elmore County, AL | 69 | 113 | 34.4 | $300K | +4.2% | #395 of 2,401 |
| 9Washington County, AL | 68 | 9 | 15.1 | $732K | −3.3% | #407 of 2,401 |
| 10Shelby County, AL | 67 | 310 | 35.7 | $297K | +6.5% | #472 of 2,401 |
| 61Bullock County, AL | 20 | 11 | 29.8 | $245K | −4.5% | #2,267 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Bullock County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Bullock County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 auto repair and car care businesses in Bullock County. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. No official count is published for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Bullock County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bullock County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.7M a year, or $730 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $245K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,688 households in Bullock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bullock County, AL compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Bullock County has 29.8 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $245K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Bullock County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Bullock County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Bullock County at 9,780 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,688 households. The median household income in Bullock County is $31,310 a year, 61% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 17.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Bullock County scores 20 for auto repair and car care businesses (low), #2,267 of 2,401 scored counties.
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