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Auto repair and car care businesses in Warren County, TN

How Warren 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #598 of 2,401 scored counties
#44 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
62
13 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $980 a household
Spending per listing
$256K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
38.3
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,717
+6.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 auto repair and car care businesses in Warren County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 21%, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 38.3 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Warren County comes to about $15.9M a year: $980 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $256K of household spending for each business on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $269K.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Warren County classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 1,080 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 111 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $48K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Warren County.

Population estimates show Warren County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Warren County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #598 of 2,401 scored counties and #44 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Warren 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 Warren County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureWarren CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households38.334.735.7
Spending per listing$256K$272K$269K
Households per official establishment1,080829681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.9%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$980$944$958
Median household income$55,487$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6464

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 15
Employees, 2023
67
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
111Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6213 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
59The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$48K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Warren 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 Warren County

Population, 2025 estimate
43,717+6.5% since 2020
Households
16,203
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
433 sq. mi.
People per square mile
97
Median household income
$55,487+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,703
Median home value
$192,900
Jobs located here
12,649
Daytime population
36,573Residents 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 Warren 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
44Warren County, TN646238.3$256K+6.5%#598 of 2,401

Other business types in Warren 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 Warren County, TN?

There are 62 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Warren County as of September 2026. 13 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 111 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $15.9M a year, or $980 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $256K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,203 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Warren County has 38.3 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $256K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Warren County would have about 59, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,080 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.

How fast is Warren County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Warren County at 43,717 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,203 households. Median household income in Warren County is $55,487, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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. Warren County scores 64 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #598 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 Warren County

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