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Auto repair and car care businesses in Worth County, GA
How Worth 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 #1,123 of 2,401 scored counties
#59 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 24
- 5 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $932 a household
- Spending per listing
- $301K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.0
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,059
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 auto repair and car care businesses in Worth County. 5 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.0, 13% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Households in Worth County spend about $7.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $932 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $301K per business, 12% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Worth County in 2023. That is one for every 860 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 63 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $670K have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Worth County.
Population estimates put the population change in Worth County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair and car care businesses, Worth County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,123 of 2,401 scored counties and #59 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Worth 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 | Worth County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.0 | 39.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $301K | $237K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 860 | 711 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $932 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $58,694 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $761K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 63Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 245 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $670K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Worth 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 Worth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,059−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,739
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $58,694+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,946
- Median home value
- $104,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,427
- Daytime population
- 16,215Residents 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 Worth 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 |
| 59Worth County, GA | 52 | 24 | 31.0 | $301K | −3.2% | #1,123 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Worth County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Worth County, GA?
Worth County has 24 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 63 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Worth County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $7.2M a year, or $932 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $301K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,739 households in Worth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Worth County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Worth County has 31.0 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $301K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Worth County would have about 27, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 860 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Worth County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Worth County at 20,059 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,739 households. Median household income in Worth County is $58,694, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Worth County scores 52 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #1,123 of 2,401 scored counties.
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