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Auto repair and car care businesses in Natchitoches Parish, LA
The auto repair and car care businesses in Natchitoches 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 #1,764 of 2,401 scored counties
#32 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 44
- 14 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- −13.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $803 a household
- Spending per listing
- $265K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.3
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,089
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $803 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Natchitoches Parish spend about $11.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 44 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $265K per business, in line with the U.S. figure of $269K.
Natchitoches Parish has 44 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 30.3, 15% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Natchitoches Parish classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers, down 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 764 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 51 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Natchitoches Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair and car care businesses, Natchitoches Parish has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,764 of 2,401 scored counties and #32 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Natchitoches 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 | Natchitoches Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.3 | 37.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $265K | $217K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 764 | 744 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.6% | +4.3% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $803 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $46,292 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 19−13.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4414 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,089−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 14,508
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $46,292+62.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,591
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 14,086
- Daytime population
- 35,751Residents 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 Natchitoches 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 |
| 32Natchitoches Parish, LA | 37 | 44 | 30.3 | $265K | −3.5% | #1,764 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Natchitoches Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Natchitoches Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 auto repair and car care businesses in Natchitoches Parish. 14 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, down 13.6% from 2019. Official counts list 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Natchitoches Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.6M a year, or $803 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $265K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,508 households in Natchitoches Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Natchitoches Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Natchitoches Parish has 30.3 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $265K, in line with the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Natchitoches Parish would have about 43, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 764 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Natchitoches Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Natchitoches Parish at 36,089 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,508 households. The median household income in Natchitoches Parish is $46,292 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 62.1% 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. Natchitoches Parish scores 37 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #1,764 of 2,401 scored counties.
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