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Auto repair and car care businesses in Lumpkin County, GA

How Lumpkin 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 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #149 of 2,401 scored counties
#14 of 124 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
40
7 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,099 a household
Spending per listing
$321K
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
34.3
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,178
+7.5% 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

Lumpkin County scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #149 of 2,401 scored counties and #14 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair and car care businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 auto repair and car care businesses in Lumpkin County. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.3, 4% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lumpkin County comes to about $12.8M a year: $1,099 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 40 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $321K per business, 19% above the U.S. figure of $269K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Lumpkin County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 898 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $921K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Lumpkin County. Population estimates put the population change in Lumpkin County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lumpkin 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.

Auto repair and car care in Lumpkin County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureLumpkin CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households34.339.035.7
Spending per listing$321K$237K$269K
Households per official establishment898711681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.4%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,099$923$958
Median household income$77,448$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score7948

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 13
Employees, 2023
54
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
65Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
407 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$921K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,178+7.5% since 2020
Households
11,669
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
281 sq. mi.
People per square mile
123
Median household income
$77,448+49.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,021
Median home value
$307,900
Jobs located here
8,296
Daytime population
29,300Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair and car care across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, GA951725.3$490K+10.5%#3 of 2,401
2Harris County, GA931310.0$1.2M+6.8%#8 of 2,401
3Banks County, GA901217.5$637K+17.3%#18 of 2,401
4Bryan County, GA874225.3$441K+15.6%#36 of 2,401
5Jasper County, GA871525.1$417K+20.2%#38 of 2,401
6Greene County, GA862328.1$380K+12.3%#46 of 2,401
7Oconee County, GA853020.0$652K+6.9%#47 of 2,401
8Effingham County, GA835823.9$446K+14.1%#79 of 2,401
9Long County, GA831524.3$385K+32.6%#87 of 2,401
10Murray County, GA824428.9$366K+4.0%#94 of 2,401
14Lumpkin County, GA794034.3$321K+7.5%#149 of 2,401

Other business types in Lumpkin County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Lumpkin County, GA?

There are 40 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Lumpkin County as of September 2026. 7 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 65 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Lumpkin County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $12.8M a year, or $1,099 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $321K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,669 households in Lumpkin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lumpkin County has 34.3 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $321K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Lumpkin County would have about 48, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 898 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.

How fast is Lumpkin County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Lumpkin County at 36,178 people in 2025, up 7.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,669 households. Median household income in Lumpkin County is $77,448, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 49.5%, 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. Lumpkin County scores 79 for auto repair and car care businesses (high), #149 of 2,401 scored counties.

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