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Auto repair and car care businesses in Berrien County, GA
How Berrien County, GA 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,156 of 2,401 scored counties
#61 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 29
- 4 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $910 a household
- Spending per listing
- $221K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.2
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,932
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 auto repair and car care businesses in Berrien County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 41.2 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Households in Berrien County spend about $6.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $910 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $221K of household spending for each business on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Berrien County classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 1,006 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Berrien County grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in Berrien County is 52 (upper middle), #1,156 of 2,401 scored counties and #61 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Berrien County 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 | Berrien County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.2 | 39.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $221K | $237K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,006 | 711 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $910 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $52,876 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $814K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 40Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 294 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Berrien 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 Berrien County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,932+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,045
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $52,876+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,721
- Median home value
- $131,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,112
- Daytime population
- 15,370Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, GA | 95 | 17 | 25.3 | $490K | +10.5% | #3 of 2,401 |
| 2Harris County, GA | 93 | 13 | 10.0 | $1.2M | +6.8% | #8 of 2,401 |
| 3Banks County, GA | 90 | 12 | 17.5 | $637K | +17.3% | #18 of 2,401 |
| 4Bryan County, GA | 87 | 42 | 25.3 | $441K | +15.6% | #36 of 2,401 |
| 5Jasper County, GA | 87 | 15 | 25.1 | $417K | +20.2% | #38 of 2,401 |
| 6Greene County, GA | 86 | 23 | 28.1 | $380K | +12.3% | #46 of 2,401 |
| 7Oconee County, GA | 85 | 30 | 20.0 | $652K | +6.9% | #47 of 2,401 |
| 8Effingham County, GA | 83 | 58 | 23.9 | $446K | +14.1% | #79 of 2,401 |
| 9Long County, GA | 83 | 15 | 24.3 | $385K | +32.6% | #87 of 2,401 |
| 10Murray County, GA | 82 | 44 | 28.9 | $366K | +4.0% | #94 of 2,401 |
| 61Berrien County, GA | 52 | 29 | 41.2 | $221K | +4.4% | #1,156 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Berrien 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 Berrien County, GA?
There are 29 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Berrien County as of September 2026. 4 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts list 40 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Berrien County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.4M a year, or $910 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $221K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,045 households in Berrien County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Berrien County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Berrien County has 41.2 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $221K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Berrien County would have about 24, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,006 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Berrien County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Berrien County at 18,932 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,045 households. Median household income in Berrien County is $52,876, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.8%, 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. Berrien County scores 52 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #1,156 of 2,401 scored counties.
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