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Auto repair and car care businesses in Evangeline Parish, LA
How Evangeline Parish, LA 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 #1,219 of 2,401 scored counties
#13 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 31
- 7 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $743 a household
- Spending per listing
- $301K
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.7
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,980
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 auto repair and car care businesses in Evangeline Parish. 7 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That is 24.7 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Evangeline Parish comes to about $9.3M a year: $743 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $301K per business, 12% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Evangeline Parish was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 966 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Evangeline Parish declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Evangeline Parish scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #1,219 of 2,401 scored counties and #13 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Evangeline 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 | Evangeline Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.7 | 37.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $301K | $217K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 966 | 744 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $743 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $41,915 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 43Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 317 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Evangeline 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 Evangeline Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,980−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,561
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 662 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $41,915+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $61,820
- Median home value
- $124,600
- Jobs located here
- 8,287
- Daytime population
- 27,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 13Evangeline Parish, LA | 50 | 31 | 24.7 | $301K | −1.0% | #1,219 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Evangeline Parish
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 care50
- Auto repair shops55
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing12
- Tire shops20
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations28
- 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 Evangeline Parish, LA?
Evangeline Parish has 31 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts also show 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Evangeline Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9.3M a year, or $743 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $301K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,561 households in Evangeline Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Evangeline Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Evangeline Parish has 24.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $301K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Evangeline Parish would have about 35, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 966 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Evangeline Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Evangeline Parish at 31,980 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,561 households. Median household income in Evangeline Parish is $41,915, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.1%, 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. Evangeline Parish scores 50 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #1,219 of 2,401 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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