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Auto repair shops in Wilcox County, AL
How Wilcox County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $812 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 9,666
- −8.3% since 2020
See the auto repair shops around any address in Wilcox County
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What this means
Households in Wilcox County spend about $3.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $812 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There is 1 auto repair shop on map listings in Wilcox County as of September 2026. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Wilcox County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 965 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Wilcox County from 2020 to 2025 at −8.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 auto repair shop on map listings, Wilcox County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wilcox County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair shops 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 | Wilcox County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $440K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 965 | 1,150 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.6% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $812 | $929 | $958 |
| Median household income | $40,640 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $533K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 mechanical, body and glass repair in Wilcox 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 Wilcox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,666−8.3% since 2020
- Households
- 3,860
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 888 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $40,640+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,212
- Median home value
- $98,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,411
- Daytime population
- 9,208Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Wilcox County?
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 84 | 71 | 17.3 | $613K | +18.0% | #63 of 2,378 |
| 2Cherokee County, AL | 80 | 17 | 16.7 | $597K | +5.8% | #119 of 2,378 |
| 3Winston County, AL | 79 | 13 | 13.8 | $763K | +1.4% | #129 of 2,378 |
| 4Henry County, AL | 76 | 7 | 9.9 | $916K | +7.1% | #183 of 2,378 |
| 5Baldwin County, AL | 73 | 168 | 17.0 | $568K | +14.8% | #268 of 2,378 |
| 6Lee County, AL | 73 | 118 | 17.0 | $554K | +8.6% | #270 of 2,378 |
| 7Elmore County, AL | 72 | 61 | 18.6 | $555K | +4.2% | #294 of 2,378 |
| 8Madison County, AL | 71 | 299 | 18.1 | $527K | +11.0% | #320 of 2,378 |
| 9Cleburne County, AL | 70 | 12 | 20.1 | $512K | +6.0% | #352 of 2,378 |
| 10Shelby County, AL | 69 | 180 | 20.7 | $512K | +6.5% | #385 of 2,378 |
| Wilcox County, AL | Not scored | 1 | 2.6 | $3.1M | −8.3% |
Other business types in Wilcox 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 shops are in Wilcox County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 auto repair shop in Wilcox County. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wilcox County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.1M a year, or $812 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 auto repair shop on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,860 households in Wilcox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wilcox County, AL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Wilcox County has 1 auto repair shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Wilcox County would have about 7, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 965 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Wilcox County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Wilcox County at 9,666 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,860 households. Median household income in Wilcox County is $40,640, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Wilcox County has no market score for auto repair shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Wilcox County. It maps the auto repair shops 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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