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Auto repair and car care businesses in Lawrence County, AL
How Lawrence 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 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #206 of 2,401 scored counties
#3 of 63 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 43
- 8 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,099 a household
- Spending per listing
- $348K
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.6
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,843
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair and car care businesses, Lawrence County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #206 of 2,401 scored counties and #3 of 63 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair and car care businesses.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lawrence County comes to about $15M a year: $1,099 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $348K of household spending for each business on map listings, 30% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Lawrence County has 43 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 19%, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.6, 11% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Lawrence County in 2023. That is one for every 973 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Lawrence County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lawrence 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 | Lawrence County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.6 | 36.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $348K | $255K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 973 | 754 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,099 | $929 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,071 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 70Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 438 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,843+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,627
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 691 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $66,071+47.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,069
- Median home value
- $172,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,153
- Daytime population
- 24,598Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Lawrence County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Lawrence County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Lawrence County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 auto repair and car care businesses in Lawrence County. 8 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 70 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lawrence County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $15M a year, or $1,099 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $348K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,627 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lawrence County, AL compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Lawrence County has 31.6 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $348K, 30% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 56, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 973 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Lawrence County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Lawrence County at 33,843 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,627 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $66,071 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 47.2% 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. Lawrence County scores 76 for auto repair and car care businesses (high), #206 of 2,401 scored counties.
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