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Auto repair and car care businesses in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area
How the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area compares with other metro areas 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #221 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 9,032
- 2,427 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 3,337
- +5.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.2B
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $935 a household
- Spending per listing
- $240K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.0
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,482,182
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9,032 auto repair and car care businesses in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area. 2,427 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 39.0 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area comes to about $2.2B a year: $935 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9,032 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $240K per business, 11% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area was 3,337 in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. That is one for every 693 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 10,682 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 182 SBA-backed loans worth $200.6M have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair and car care businesses, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #221 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.0 | 39.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $240K | $237K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 693 | 711 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.3% | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $935 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $89,724 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3,337+5.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 21,817
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10,682Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9,0322,427 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8,056The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 182
- Amount
- $200.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area, 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 the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,482,182+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 2,313,055
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,784 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 712
- Median household income
- $89,724
- Average household income
- $122,540
- Median home value
- $367,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,999,529
- Daytime population
- 6,397,894Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warner Robins, GA | 81 | 228 | 30.6 | $321K | +8.2% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Athens-Clarke County, GA | 67 | 289 | 33.6 | $286K | +3.9% | #73 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 63 | 832 | 36.0 | $263K | +5.3% | #99 of 387 |
| 3Hinesville, GA | 62 | 105 | 34.8 | $252K | +12.6% | #108 of 387 |
| 4Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 60 | 804 | 34.7 | $265K | +4.7% | #126 of 387 |
| 5Savannah, GA | 57 | 547 | 33.9 | $259K | +8.1% | #147 of 387 |
| 6Dalton, GA | 53 | 216 | 41.5 | $233K | +3.5% | #186 of 387 |
| 7Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 48 | 9,032 | 39.0 | $240K | +5.9% | #221 of 387 |
| 8Gainesville, GA | 39 | 375 | 51.0 | $203K | +11.4% | #286 of 387 |
| 9Valdosta, GA | 37 | 237 | 41.7 | $208K | +3.3% | #294 of 387 |
Other business types in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area
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 care48
- Auto repair shops50
- Collision repair and body shops50
- Car washes and detailing48
- Tire shops41
- Oil change and quick lube59
- Gas stations54
- Insurance agencies52
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 the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area?
The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has 9,032 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 2,427 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 3,337 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 10,682 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.2B a year, or $935 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9,032 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $240K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,313,055 households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has 39.0 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $240K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area would have about 8,056, against 9,032 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 693 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area at 6,482,182 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,313,055 households. Median household income in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area is $89,724, 11% above 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area scores 48 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #221 of 387 scored metro areas.
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