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Auto repair and car care businesses in De Soto Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair and car care businesses in De Soto Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #529 of 2,401 scored counties
#3 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 27
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $857 a household
- Spending per listing
- $333K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.7
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,381
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 auto repair and car care businesses in De Soto Parish. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 25.7 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
At $857 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in De Soto Parish spend about $9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $333K of household spending for each business on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in De Soto Parish classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 1,167 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 39 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in De Soto Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). De Soto Parish scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #529 of 2,401 scored counties and #3 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How De Soto Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | De Soto Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.7 | 37.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $333K | $217K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,167 | 744 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $857 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $48,578 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 39Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 275 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 De Soto Parish, 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 De Soto Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,381+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,504
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $48,578+5.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,503
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,222
- Daytime population
- 23,090Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with De Soto Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant Parish, LA | 69 | 16 | 21.5 | $424K | −0.3% | #375 of 2,401 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 67 | 171 | 31.9 | $287K | +8.5% | #479 of 2,401 |
| 3De Soto Parish, LA | 65 | 27 | 25.7 | $333K | +2.0% | #529 of 2,401 |
| 4East Feliciana Parish, LA | 62 | 17 | 26.6 | $356K | −2.8% | #651 of 2,401 |
| 5St. James Parish, LA | 61 | 16 | 21.2 | $458K | −5.9% | #686 of 2,401 |
| 6St. Charles Parish, LA | 61 | 49 | 26.3 | $362K | −3.7% | #689 of 2,401 |
| 7West Feliciana Parish, LA | 59 | 9 | 22.4 | $414K | −0.7% | #765 of 2,401 |
| 8St. Helena Parish, LA | 59 | 8 | 19.2 | $410K | −1.2% | #766 of 2,401 |
| 9Bienville Parish, LA | 57 | 11 | 19.8 | $385K | −5.0% | #865 of 2,401 |
| 10Orleans Parish, LA | 55 | 263 | 16.9 | $360K | −5.5% | #954 of 2,401 |
Other business types in De Soto Parish
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 De Soto Parish, LA?
De Soto Parish has 27 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) 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. Official counts also show 39 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in De Soto Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9M a year, or $857 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $333K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,504 households in De Soto Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does De Soto Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
De Soto Parish has 25.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $333K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, De Soto Parish would have about 34, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,167 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is De Soto Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put De Soto Parish at 27,381 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,504 households. Median household income in De Soto Parish is $48,578, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.6%, 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. De Soto Parish scores 65 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #529 of 2,401 scored counties.
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