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Auto repair and car care businesses in Craighead County, AR
How Craighead 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 · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,854 of 2,401 scored counties
#28 of 60 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 185
- 59 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 75
- +21.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $875 a household
- Spending per listing
- $210K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.6
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,957
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Craighead County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #1,854 of 2,401 scored counties and #28 of 60 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Craighead County comes to about $38.9M a year: $875 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $210K of household spending for each business on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Craighead County has 185 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 59 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That is 41.6 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Craighead County was 75 in 2023, up 21.0% from 2019. That is one for every 592 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Craighead County. Population estimates put the population change in Craighead County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Craighead 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.
| Measure | Craighead County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.6 | 39.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $210K | $225K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 592 | 707 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.0% | +10.6% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $875 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $59,548 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 62 → 75+21.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 431
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 207Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18559 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 145The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Craighead 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 Craighead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,957+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 44,437
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,548+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,050
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 53,731
- Daytime population
- 120,635Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Craighead County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 84 | 18 | 27.9 | $378K | +11.2% | #65 of 2,401 |
| 2Marion County, AR | 79 | 17 | 22.2 | $422K | +4.3% | #142 of 2,401 |
| 3Benton County, AR | 71 | 384 | 34.3 | $294K | +16.0% | #349 of 2,401 |
| 4Carroll County, AR | 69 | 33 | 29.1 | $334K | +3.6% | #388 of 2,401 |
| 5Saline County, AR | 67 | 150 | 29.9 | $318K | +7.6% | #466 of 2,401 |
| 6Grant County, AR | 63 | 16 | 22.9 | $434K | +4.1% | #604 of 2,401 |
| 7Lonoke County, AR | 58 | 109 | 38.2 | $254K | +3.5% | #858 of 2,401 |
| 8Washington County, AR | 57 | 325 | 33.4 | $277K | +9.9% | #885 of 2,401 |
| 9Franklin County, AR | 56 | 24 | 34.1 | $262K | +3.5% | #944 of 2,401 |
| 10Fulton County, AR | 55 | 19 | 39.9 | $231K | +3.7% | #1,013 of 2,401 |
| 28Craighead County, AR | 35 | 185 | 41.6 | $210K | +4.8% | #1,854 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Craighead County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care35
- Auto repair shops47
- Collision repair and body shops48
- Car washes and detailing29
- Tire shops37
- Oil change and quick lube27
- Gas stations60
- Insurance agencies49
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 Craighead County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 185 auto repair and car care businesses in Craighead County. 59 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 75 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 21.0% from 2019. Another 207 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Craighead County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $38.9M a year, or $875 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 185 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $210K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,437 households in Craighead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Craighead County, AR compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Craighead County has 41.6 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $210K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Craighead County would have about 145, against 185 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 592 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Craighead County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Craighead County at 116,957 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,437 households. The median household income in Craighead County is $59,548 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. Craighead County scores 35 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #1,854 of 2,401 scored counties.
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