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Auto repair and car care businesses in Bath County, KY
How Bath County, KY 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #334 of 2,401 scored counties
#12 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $963 a household
- Spending per listing
- $377K
- 40% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.5
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,176
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $963 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Bath County spend about $4.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $377K of household spending for each business on map listings, 40% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Bath County has 12 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 25.5 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Bath County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Bath County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair and car care businesses, Bath County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #334 of 2,401 scored counties and #12 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Bath County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Bath County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.5 | 36.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $377K | $243K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 819 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $963 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,541 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Bath 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 Bath County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,176+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,698
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 278 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $56,541+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,425
- Median home value
- $129,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,061
- Daytime population
- 10,042Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spencer County, KY | 95 | 17 | 23.3 | $563K | +7.7% | #2 of 2,401 |
| 2Oldham County, KY | 85 | 69 | 30.0 | $396K | +4.9% | #53 of 2,401 |
| 3Allen County, KY | 84 | 18 | 22.4 | $437K | +9.5% | #63 of 2,401 |
| 4Garrard County, KY | 82 | 18 | 26.9 | $366K | +7.3% | #95 of 2,401 |
| 5Edmonson County, KY | 78 | 9 | 17.7 | $550K | +5.0% | #152 of 2,401 |
| 6Green County, KY | 78 | 15 | 33.9 | $312K | +4.6% | #172 of 2,401 |
| 7Owen County, KY | 77 | 8 | 18.8 | $517K | +2.6% | #174 of 2,401 |
| 8Pendleton County, KY | 77 | 14 | 25.7 | $410K | +1.1% | #180 of 2,401 |
| 9Trigg County, KY | 77 | 15 | 24.8 | $384K | +3.1% | #183 of 2,401 |
| 10Lincoln County, KY | 73 | 25 | 25.8 | $362K | +4.6% | #271 of 2,401 |
| 12Bath County, KY | 71 | 12 | 25.5 | $377K | +3.6% | #334 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Bath County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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 Bath County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 auto repair and car care businesses in Bath County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. No official count is published for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Bath County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bath County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.5M a year, or $963 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $377K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,698 households in Bath County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bath County, KY compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Bath County has 25.5 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $377K, 40% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Bath County would have about 17, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Bath County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Bath County at 13,176 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,698 households. The median household income in Bath County is $56,541 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. Bath County scores 71 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #334 of 2,401 scored counties.
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