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Auto repair and car care businesses in Van Buren County, TN
The auto repair and car care businesses in Van Buren County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $990 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 6,874
- +11.3% since 2020
See the auto repair and car care businesses around any address in Van Buren County
The site report maps the auto repair and car care businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Van Buren County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 auto repair or car care business in Van Buren County. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households.
Households in Van Buren County spend about $2.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $990 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each business on map listings.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Van Buren County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Van Buren County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Van Buren 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 | Van Buren County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 34.7 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $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 | +11.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $990 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,931 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Van Buren 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 Van Buren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,874+11.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,569
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 273 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $54,931
- Average household income
- $69,701
- Median home value
- $159,200
- Jobs located here
- 731
- Daytime population
- 4,797Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Van Buren County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the auto repair and car care businesses on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Van Buren County, TN | Not scored | 1 | 3.9 | $2.5M | +11.3% |
Other business types in Van Buren County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Van Buren County, TN?
Van Buren County has 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Van Buren County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Van Buren County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.5M a year, or $990 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,569 households in Van Buren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Buren County, TN compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Van Buren County has 1 auto repair or car care business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Van Buren County would have about 10, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Van Buren County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Van Buren County at 6,874 people in 2025, up 11.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,569 households. Median household income in Van Buren County is $54,931, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Van Buren County. It maps the auto repair and car care businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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