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Auto repair and car care businesses in Posey County, IN

How Posey County, IN 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #784 of 2,401 scored counties
#51 of 86 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
41
6 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,199 a household
Spending per listing
$308K
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
38.9
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,988
−0.8% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Posey County comes to about $12.6M a year: $1,199 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. Spread across 41 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $308K per business, 15% above the U.S. figure of $269K.

Posey County has 41 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 38.9 for every 10,000 households, 9% 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 Posey County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 658 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $325K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Posey County.

Population estimates put the population change in Posey County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Posey County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #784 of 2,401 scored counties and #51 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.

How Posey County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Posey County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasurePosey CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households38.936.335.7
Spending per listing$308K$296K$269K
Households per official establishment658675681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.9%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,199$1,072$958
Median household income$78,129$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5961

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 16
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
416 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$325K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
24,988−0.8% since 2020
Households
10,533
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$78,129+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,707
Median home value
$222,900
Jobs located here
8,278
Daytime population
21,258Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair and car care across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hamilton County, IN9231222.7$544K+10.9%#11 of 2,401
2Brown County, IN9068.8$1.5M+1.9%#17 of 2,401
3Hancock County, IN879729.0$428K+13.5%#37 of 2,401
4Newton County, IN851119.2$618K+2.9%#49 of 2,401
5Spencer County, IN832530.9$423K+1.2%#82 of 2,401
6Washington County, IN813733.0$383K+0.5%#105 of 2,401
7Crawford County, IN801226.2$441K−0.2%#118 of 2,401
8Warrick County, IN808433.4$368K+4.4%#124 of 2,401
9Parke County, IN801829.3$366K+3.0%#125 of 2,401
10Boone County, IN8010536.5$338K+13.5%#130 of 2,401
51Posey County, IN594138.9$308K−0.8%#784 of 2,401

Other business types in Posey 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 Posey County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 auto repair and car care businesses in Posey County. 6 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 22 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Posey County, IN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $12.6M a year, or $1,199 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $308K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,533 households in Posey County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Posey County has 38.9 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $308K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Posey County would have about 47, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 658 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.

How fast is Posey County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Posey County at 24,988 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,533 households. The median household income in Posey County is $78,129 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.7% 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. Posey County scores 59 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #784 of 2,401 scored counties.

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