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Auto repair and car care businesses in Lincoln Parish, LA

The auto repair and car care businesses in Lincoln Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,781 of 2,401 scored counties
#33 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
66
17 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
22
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$14.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $800 a household
Spending per listing
$224K
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
35.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
48,360
+0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lincoln Parish comes to about $14.8M a year: $800 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $224K of household spending for each business on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $269K.

Lincoln Parish has 66 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 26%, against 24% across the U.S. That is 35.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 35.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Lincoln Parish classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 840 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 58 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Lincoln Parish.

Population estimates put the population change in Lincoln Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lincoln Parish scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #1,781 of 2,401 scored counties and #33 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Lincoln 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.

Auto repair and car care in Lincoln Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureLincoln ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households35.737.035.7
Spending per listing$224K$217K$269K
Households per official establishment840744681
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+4.3%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$800$802$958
Median household income$39,172$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3723

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
22 → 220.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
173
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
58Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6617 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
48,360+0.1% since 2020
Households
18,487
Median age
32.7
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
472 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$39,172+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,113
Median home value
$210,100
Jobs located here
18,570
Daytime population
48,307Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair and car care across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Lincoln Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grant Parish, LA691621.5$424K−0.3%#375 of 2,401
2Livingston Parish, LA6717131.9$287K+8.5%#479 of 2,401
3De Soto Parish, LA652725.7$333K+2.0%#529 of 2,401
4East Feliciana Parish, LA621726.6$356K−2.8%#651 of 2,401
5St. James Parish, LA611621.2$458K−5.9%#686 of 2,401
6St. Charles Parish, LA614926.3$362K−3.7%#689 of 2,401
7West Feliciana Parish, LA59922.4$414K−0.7%#765 of 2,401
8St. Helena Parish, LA59819.2$410K−1.2%#766 of 2,401
9Bienville Parish, LA571119.8$385K−5.0%#865 of 2,401
10Orleans Parish, LA5526316.9$360K−5.5%#954 of 2,401
33Lincoln Parish, LA376635.7$224K+0.1%#1,781 of 2,401

Other business types in Lincoln Parish

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Lincoln Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 auto repair and car care businesses in Lincoln Parish. 17 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 58 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Lincoln Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $14.8M a year, or $800 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $224K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,487 households in Lincoln Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lincoln Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?

Lincoln Parish has 35.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $224K, 17% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Lincoln Parish would have about 55, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 840 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Lincoln Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Lincoln Parish at 48,360 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,487 households. The median household income in Lincoln Parish is $39,172 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Lincoln Parish scores 37 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #1,781 of 2,401 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for auto repair and car care businesses · All 56 business types in Lincoln Parish

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