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Auto repair and car care businesses in Meigs County, TN
How Meigs County, TN 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 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #170 of 2,401 scored counties
#14 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 17
- 5 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,048 a household
- Spending per listing
- $323K
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.5
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,186
- +10.8% since 2020
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What this means
Meigs County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #170 of 2,401 scored counties and #14 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair and car care businesses.
At $1,048 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Meigs County spend about $5.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 17 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $323K per business, 20% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Meigs County has 17 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 32.5 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Meigs County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Meigs County grew 10.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Meigs County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Meigs County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.5 | 34.7 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $323K | $272K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 829 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.8% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,048 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $61,375 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 175 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Meigs County, 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 Meigs County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,186+10.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,235
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 195 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $61,375+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,107
- Median home value
- $180,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,996
- Daytime population
- 10,481Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williamson County, TN | 88 | 227 | 24.6 | $464K | +9.0% | #30 of 2,401 |
| 2Fayette County, TN | 85 | 51 | 29.6 | $370K | +7.7% | #56 of 2,401 |
| 3Morgan County, TN | 84 | 11 | 15.3 | $696K | +5.3% | #60 of 2,401 |
| 4Loudon County, TN | 84 | 78 | 32.4 | $341K | +15.6% | #68 of 2,401 |
| 5Polk County, TN | 84 | 25 | 33.7 | $332K | +5.9% | #70 of 2,401 |
| 6Jackson County, TN | 83 | 6 | 12.5 | $802K | +7.1% | #72 of 2,401 |
| 7Bledsoe County, TN | 83 | 11 | 22.6 | $466K | +6.5% | #77 of 2,401 |
| 8Grainger County, TN | 82 | 19 | 19.7 | $516K | +9.2% | #90 of 2,401 |
| 9Union County, TN | 82 | 26 | 32.8 | $333K | +8.1% | #97 of 2,401 |
| 10Cheatham County, TN | 80 | 53 | 32.6 | $348K | +4.1% | #128 of 2,401 |
| 14Meigs County, TN | 78 | 17 | 32.5 | $323K | +10.8% | #170 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Meigs County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Meigs County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 auto repair and car care businesses in Meigs County. 5 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. No official count is published for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Meigs County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Meigs County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.5M a year, or $1,048 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $323K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,235 households in Meigs County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meigs County, TN compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Meigs County has 32.5 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $323K, 20% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Meigs County would have about 20, against 17 on map listings.
How fast is Meigs County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Meigs County at 14,186 people in 2025, up 10.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,235 households. The median household income in Meigs County is $61,375 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Meigs County scores 78 for auto repair and car care businesses (high), #170 of 2,401 scored counties.
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