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Auto repair and car care businesses in Perry County, AR
How Perry 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $994 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 5.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 80% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,309
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $994 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Perry County spend about $4.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each business on map listings, 5.1 times the U.S. figure of $269K.
Perry County has 3 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 7.3 for every 10,000 households, 80% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Perry County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Perry County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, Perry County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Perry 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 | Perry County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 39.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $225K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 707 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.6% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $994 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $55,764 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 38 |
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
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Perry 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 Perry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,309+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,094
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 551 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $55,764+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,330
- Median home value
- $130,200
- Jobs located here
- 987
- Daytime population
- 7,650Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Perry County, AR | Not scored | 3 | 7.3 | $1.4M | +3.1% |
Other business types in Perry 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 Perry County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 auto repair and car care businesses in Perry County. 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 Perry County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Perry County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.1M a year, or $994 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,094 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Perry County, AR compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Perry County has 7.3 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 80% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $1.4M, 5.1 times the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Perry County would have about 15, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Perry County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Perry County at 10,309 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,094 households. The median household income in Perry County is $55,764 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Perry 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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