Auto · Small-town market · Louisiana
Auto repair and car care businesses in the DeRidder, LA area
How the DeRidder, LA area compares with other small-town markets 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 #187 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 47
- 14 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $917 a household
- Spending per listing
- $268K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.2
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,673
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 auto repair and car care businesses in the DeRidder area. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 34.2 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the DeRidder area comes to about $12.6M a year: $917 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 47 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $268K per business, in line with the U.S. figure of $269K.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in the DeRidder area classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 809 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the DeRidder area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in the DeRidder area is 59 (upper middle), #187 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana.
How the DeRidder area 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 | DeRidder area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.2 | 37.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $268K | $217K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 809 | 744 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $917 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $65,944 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 42Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4714 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the DeRidder area, 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 the DeRidder area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,673+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,747
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,158 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $65,944+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,451
- Median home value
- $161,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,738
- Daytime population
- 31,088Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the DeRidder area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeRidder, LA | 59 | 47 | 34.2 | $268K | +0.2% | #187 of 538 |
| 2Natchitoches, LA | 45 | 44 | 30.3 | $265K | −3.5% | #316 of 538 |
| 3Ruston, LA | 45 | 66 | 35.7 | $224K | +0.1% | #323 of 538 |
| 4Bogalusa, LA | 45 | 60 | 33.9 | $223K | −0.9% | #324 of 538 |
| 5Opelousas, LA | 33 | 117 | 36.4 | $206K | −1.9% | #428 of 538 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 20 | 90 | 43.4 | $182K | −0.9% | #508 of 538 |
| 6Minden, LA | 9 | 64 | 44.6 | $171K | −5.2% | #536 of 538 |
| 7New Iberia, LA | 9 | 134 | 50.0 | $162K | −4.6% | #537 of 538 |
| 8Morgan City, LA | 7 | 84 | 45.5 | $168K | −5.3% | #538 of 538 |
Other business types in the DeRidder area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care59
- Auto repair shops59
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing43
- Tire shops42
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations67
- Insurance agencies61
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 the DeRidder, LA area?
There are 47 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in the DeRidder area as of September 2026. 14 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 17 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts also show 42 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the DeRidder, LA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.6M a year, or $917 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $268K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,747 households in the DeRidder area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the DeRidder, LA area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The DeRidder area has 34.2 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $268K, in line with the U.S. figure of $269K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 809 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is the DeRidder, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the DeRidder area at 36,673 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,747 households. Median household income in the DeRidder area is $65,944, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The DeRidder area scores 59 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #187 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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