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Auto repair and car care businesses in Breathitt County, KY
How Breathitt 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,217 of 2,401 scored counties
#44 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 13
- 6 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $736 a household
- Spending per listing
- $309K
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.8
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,558
- −8.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 auto repair and car care businesses in Breathitt County. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.8, 33% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Households in Breathitt County spend about $4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $736 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $309K of household spending for each business on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Breathitt County in 2023. That is one for every 1,366 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Breathitt County from 2020 to 2025 at −8.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair and car care businesses, Breathitt County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,217 of 2,401 scored counties and #44 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Breathitt 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 | Breathitt County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.8 | 36.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $309K | $243K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,366 | 819 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $736 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $34,808 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $987K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 136 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Breathitt 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 Breathitt County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,558−8.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,464
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $34,808+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $51,653
- Median home value
- $70,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,764
- Daytime population
- 12,089Residents 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 |
| 44Breathitt County, KY | 50 | 13 | 23.8 | $309K | −8.3% | #1,217 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Breathitt 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 Breathitt County, KY?
There are 13 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Breathitt County as of September 2026. 6 of them (46%) 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 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Breathitt County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4M a year, or $736 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $309K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,464 households in Breathitt County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Breathitt County, KY compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Breathitt County has 23.8 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $309K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Breathitt County would have about 15, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,366 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Breathitt County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Breathitt County at 12,558 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,464 households. Median household income in Breathitt County is $34,808, 57% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. Breathitt County scores 50 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #1,217 of 2,401 scored counties.
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