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Auto repair and car care businesses in Oglethorpe County, GA
How Oglethorpe 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #405 of 2,401 scored counties
#27 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 22
- 2 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,037 a household
- Spending per listing
- $255K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.7
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,415
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,037 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in Oglethorpe County spend about $5.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 22 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $255K per business, 5% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
There are 22 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Oglethorpe County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 40.7 for every 10,000 households, 14% 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 Oglethorpe County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,353 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 28 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $575K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Oglethorpe County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Oglethorpe County grew 10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Oglethorpe County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #405 of 2,401 scored counties and #27 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Oglethorpe 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 | Oglethorpe County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.7 | 39.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $255K | $237K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,353 | 711 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,037 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $452K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 222 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $575K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,415+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,411
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 439 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $75,034+59.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,105
- Median home value
- $231,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,913
- Daytime population
- 9,771Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Oglethorpe County marked.
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 |
| 27Oglethorpe County, GA | 69 | 22 | 40.7 | $255K | +10.4% | #405 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Oglethorpe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Oglethorpe County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 auto repair and car care businesses in Oglethorpe County. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts list 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Oglethorpe County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.6M a year, or $1,037 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $255K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,411 households in Oglethorpe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oglethorpe County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Oglethorpe County has 40.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $255K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Oglethorpe County would have about 21, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,353 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Oglethorpe County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Oglethorpe County at 16,415 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,411 households. The median household income in Oglethorpe County is $75,034 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.2% 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. Oglethorpe County scores 69 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #405 of 2,401 scored counties.
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