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Auto repair and car care businesses in Coosa County, AL

How Coosa 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,008 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
5.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.8
81% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,161
−1.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Coosa County comes to about $4.5M a year: $1,008 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 3 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $1.5M per business, 5.5 times the U.S. figure of $269K.

There are 3 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Coosa County as of September 2026. That comes to 6.8 for every 10,000 households, 81% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Coosa County classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 1,473 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Coosa County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, Coosa County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Coosa 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.

Auto repair and car care in Coosa County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureCoosa CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.836.535.7
Spending per listing$1.5M$255K$269K
Households per official establishment1,473754681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.1%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,008$929$958
Median household income$57,355$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$44K
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Coosa 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 Coosa County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,161−1.7% since 2020
Households
4,418
Median age
49.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
651 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$57,355+47.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,037
Median home value
$115,500
Jobs located here
1,582
Daytime population
7,923Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair and car care across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Coosa County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL8412229.8$356K+18.0%#66 of 2,401
2Henry County, AL781521.2$427K+7.1%#157 of 2,401
3Lawrence County, AL764331.6$348K+2.3%#206 of 2,401
4Cherokee County, AL763029.4$338K+5.8%#207 of 2,401
5Lee County, AL7519127.5$342K+8.6%#233 of 2,401
6Winston County, AL732728.7$368K+1.4%#270 of 2,401
7Baldwin County, AL7230430.8$314K+14.8%#315 of 2,401
8Elmore County, AL6911334.4$300K+4.2%#395 of 2,401
9Washington County, AL68915.1$732K−3.3%#407 of 2,401
10Shelby County, AL6731035.7$297K+6.5%#472 of 2,401
Coosa County, ALNot scored36.8$1.5M−1.7%

Other business types in Coosa County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Coosa County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 auto repair and car care businesses in Coosa County. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Coosa County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $4.5M a year, or $1,008 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,418 households in Coosa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Coosa County, AL compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?

Coosa County has 6.8 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 81% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $1.5M, 5.5 times the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Coosa County would have about 17, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,473 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.

How fast is Coosa County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Coosa County at 10,161 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,418 households. The median household income in Coosa County is $57,355 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 47.1% 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. Coosa County has no market score for auto repair and car care businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for auto repair and car care businesses · All 56 business types in Coosa County

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