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Auto repair and car care businesses in Carroll County, KY
The auto repair and car care businesses in Carroll County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,589 of 2,401 scored counties
#62 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 27
- 8 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $939 a household
- Spending per listing
- $145K
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.6
- 81% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,141
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 auto repair and car care businesses in Carroll County. 8 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 64.6, 81% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Carroll County comes to about $3.9M a year: $939 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $145K per business, 46% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Carroll County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,045 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair and car care businesses, Carroll County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,589 of 2,401 scored counties and #62 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Carroll 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 | Carroll County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.6 | 36.5 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $145K | $243K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,045 | 819 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $939 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,466 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $835K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 278 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,141+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,178
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 129 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 85
- Median household income
- $56,466+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,454
- Median home value
- $140,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,370
- Daytime population
- 13,873Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Carroll County marked.
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 |
| 62Carroll County, KY | 42 | 27 | 64.6 | $145K | +2.9% | #1,589 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Carroll 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 Carroll County, KY?
Carroll County has 27 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (30%) 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 also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.9M a year, or $939 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $145K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,178 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, KY compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Carroll County has 64.6 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $145K, 46% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Carroll County would have about 15, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,045 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 11,141 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,178 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $56,466, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.7%, 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. Carroll County scores 42 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #1,589 of 2,401 scored counties.
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