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Auto repair and car care businesses in Wilkes County, GA
The auto repair and car care businesses in Wilkes County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 19
- 5 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $862 a household
- Spending per listing
- $188K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 46.0
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,540
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wilkes County spend about $3.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $862 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $188K of household spending for each business on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Wilkes County has 19 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 46.0 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Wilkes County classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 689 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Wilkes County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Wilkes 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 | Wilkes County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 46.0 | 39.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $188K | $237K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 689 | 711 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $862 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $52,043 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $940K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 195 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Wilkes 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 Wilkes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,540−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,133
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $52,043
- Average household income
- $74,862
- Median home value
- $122,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,582
- Daytime population
- 7,620Residents 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 |
| Wilkes County, GA | Not scored | 19 | 46.0 | $188K | −0.1% |
Other business types in Wilkes County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Wilkes County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 auto repair and car care businesses in Wilkes County. 5 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Wilkes County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.6M a year, or $862 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $188K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,133 households in Wilkes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wilkes County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Wilkes County has 46.0 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $188K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Wilkes County would have about 13, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 689 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Wilkes County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Wilkes County at 9,540 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,133 households. The median household income in Wilkes County is $52,043 a year, 36% below 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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