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Auto repair and car care businesses in Rapides Parish, LA
How Rapides 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 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,337 of 2,401 scored counties
#52 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 215
- 64 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 76
- +7.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $784 a household
- Spending per listing
- $179K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.9
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair and car care businesses, Rapides Parish has a Groundwork market score of 16 (low): #2,337 of 2,401 scored counties and #52 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 215 auto repair and car care businesses in Rapides Parish. Of those, 64 are chain locations, or 30%, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 43.9 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Rapides Parish comes to about $38.4M a year: $784 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $179K of household spending for each business on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
In 2023, official counts showed 76 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers, up 7.0% from 2019. That is one for every 644 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Rapides Parish. Population estimates put the population change in Rapides Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.9 | 37.0 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $179K | $217K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 644 | 744 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.0% | +4.3% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $784 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 71 → 76+7.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 459
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 145Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21564 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 143The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents 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 Rapides 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 |
| 52Rapides Parish, LA | 16 | 215 | 43.9 | $179K | −2.9% | #2,337 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Rapides 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 care16
- Auto repair shops22
- Collision repair and body shops15
- Car washes and detailing36
- Tire shops8
- Oil change and quick lube12
- Gas stations16
- Insurance agencies33
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 Rapides Parish, LA?
Rapides Parish has 215 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 64 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 76 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 7.0% from 2019. Official counts list 145 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $38.4M a year, or $784 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 215 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $179K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Rapides Parish has 43.9 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $179K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 143, against 215 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 644 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 16 for auto repair and car care businesses (low), #2,337 of 2,401 scored counties.
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