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Auto repair and car care businesses in Stewart County, TN

How Stewart 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #347 of 2,401 scored counties
#26 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
18
3 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,020 a household
Spending per listing
$302K
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.8
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,439
+5.3% 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

Households in Stewart County spend about $5.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,020 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $302K of household spending for each business on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $269K.

Stewart County has 18 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 17%, against 24% across the U.S. That is 33.8 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Stewart County in 2023. That is one for every 887 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stewart County grew 5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair and car care businesses, Stewart County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #347 of 2,401 scored counties and #26 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Stewart 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.

Auto repair and car care in Stewart County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureStewart CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.834.735.7
Spending per listing$302K$272K$269K
Households per official establishment887829681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.9%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,020$944$958
Median household income$63,114$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7164

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 6
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$724K
One-person businesses, 2023
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
183 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 Stewart 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 Stewart County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,439+5.3% since 2020
Households
5,323
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
460 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$63,114+37.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,433
Median home value
$204,700
Jobs located here
2,590
Daytime population
11,360Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair and car care across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Stewart County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN8822724.6$464K+9.0%#30 of 2,401
2Fayette County, TN855129.6$370K+7.7%#56 of 2,401
3Morgan County, TN841115.3$696K+5.3%#60 of 2,401
4Loudon County, TN847832.4$341K+15.6%#68 of 2,401
5Polk County, TN842533.7$332K+5.9%#70 of 2,401
6Jackson County, TN83612.5$802K+7.1%#72 of 2,401
7Bledsoe County, TN831122.6$466K+6.5%#77 of 2,401
8Grainger County, TN821919.7$516K+9.2%#90 of 2,401
9Union County, TN822632.8$333K+8.1%#97 of 2,401
10Cheatham County, TN805332.6$348K+4.1%#128 of 2,401
26Stewart County, TN711833.8$302K+5.3%#347 of 2,401

Other business types in Stewart County

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 Stewart County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 auto repair and car care businesses in Stewart County. 3 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Stewart County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $5.4M a year, or $1,020 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $302K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,323 households in Stewart County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Stewart County, TN compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?

Stewart County has 33.8 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $302K, 12% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Stewart County would have about 20, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 887 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.

How fast is Stewart County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Stewart County at 14,439 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,323 households. The median household income in Stewart County is $63,114 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.8% 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. Stewart County scores 71 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #347 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 Stewart County

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