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Auto repair and car care businesses in Chicot County, AR

How Chicot County, AR 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
15
5 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $636 a household
Spending per listing
$168K
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.8
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,107
−10.3% 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

Households in Chicot County spend about $2.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $636 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That works out to $168K per business, 37% below the U.S. figure of $269K.

Chicot County has 15 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 33%, against 24% across the U.S. That is 37.8 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Chicot County classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 661 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Chicot County declined 10.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Chicot County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Chicot County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureChicot CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.839.435.7
Spending per listing$168K$225K$269K
Households per official establishment661707681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.6%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−10.3%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$636$886$958
Median household income$39,045$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 6
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$939K
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
155 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Chicot 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 Chicot County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,107−10.3% since 2020
Households
3,965
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.4
Land area
637 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$39,045
Average household income
$57,094
Median home value
$89,100
Jobs located here
2,592
Daytime population
8,936Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair and car care across Arkansas

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

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, AR841827.9$378K+11.2%#65 of 2,401
2Marion County, AR791722.2$422K+4.3%#142 of 2,401
3Benton County, AR7138434.3$294K+16.0%#349 of 2,401
4Carroll County, AR693329.1$334K+3.6%#388 of 2,401
5Saline County, AR6715029.9$318K+7.6%#466 of 2,401
6Grant County, AR631622.9$434K+4.1%#604 of 2,401
7Lonoke County, AR5810938.2$254K+3.5%#858 of 2,401
8Washington County, AR5732533.4$277K+9.9%#885 of 2,401
9Franklin County, AR562434.1$262K+3.5%#944 of 2,401
10Fulton County, AR551939.9$231K+3.7%#1,013 of 2,401
Chicot County, ARNot scored1537.8$168K−10.3%

Other business types in Chicot County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Chicot County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 auto repair and car care businesses in Chicot County. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Chicot County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $2.5M a year, or $636 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $168K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,965 households in Chicot County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Chicot County has 37.8 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $168K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Chicot County would have about 9, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 661 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.

How fast is Chicot County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Chicot County at 9,107 people in 2025, down 10.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,965 households. The median household income in Chicot County is $39,045 a year, 52% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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