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Auto repair and car care businesses in St. Charles Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair and car care businesses in St. Charles Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #689 of 2,401 scored counties
#6 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
49
10 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $953 a household
Spending per listing
$362K
35% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.3
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,586
−3.7% 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 St. Charles Parish comes to about $17.7M a year: $953 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 49 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $362K per business, 35% above the U.S. figure of $269K.

There are 49 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in St. Charles Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.3, 26% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in St. Charles Parish was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 979 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 69 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.5M has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in St. Charles Parish.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Charles Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair and car care businesses, St. Charles Parish has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #689 of 2,401 scored counties and #6 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.

How St. Charles 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 St. Charles Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Charles ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.337.035.7
Spending per listing$362K$217K$269K
Households per official establishment979744681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.3%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$953$802$958
Median household income$80,897$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score6123

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 19
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
69Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4910 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
50,586−3.7% since 2020
Households
18,608
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
278 sq. mi.
People per square mile
185
Median household income
$80,897+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,861
Median home value
$263,700
Jobs located here
26,102
Daytime population
52,685Residents 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 St. Charles 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

Other business types in St. Charles 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 St. Charles Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 49 auto repair and car care businesses in St. Charles Parish. 10 of them (20%) 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. Official counts list 69 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in St. Charles Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $17.7M a year, or $953 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $362K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,608 households in St. Charles Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Charles Parish has 26.3 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $362K, 35% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, St. Charles Parish would have about 66, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 979 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Charles Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Charles Parish at 50,586 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,608 households. The median household income in St. Charles Parish is $80,897 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. St. Charles Parish scores 61 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #689 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 St. Charles Parish

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