Auto · Small-town market · Arkansas
Auto repair shops in the Batesville, AR area
How the Batesville, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #203 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 27
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $912 a household
- Spending per listing
- $494K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.4
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,785
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 auto repair shops in the Batesville area. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.4, 14% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Households in the Batesville area spend about $13.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $912 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 auto repair shops, that is $494K per shop, 11% above the U.S. figure of $445K. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in the Batesville area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 770 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Batesville area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, the Batesville area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #203 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Batesville area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Batesville area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.4 | 22.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $494K | $387K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 770 | 1,089 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $912 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,609 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19
- Employees, 2023
- 80
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 275 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 the Batesville area, 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 the Batesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,785+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,638
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 764 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $56,609
- Average household income
- $78,952
- Median home value
- $142,600
- Jobs located here
- 18,686
- Daytime population
- 41,118Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Batesville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Malvern, AR | 57 | 23 | 18.7 | $494K | +1.1% | #194 of 538 |
| 2Batesville, AR | 56 | 27 | 18.4 | $494K | +2.2% | #203 of 538 |
| 3Paragould, AR | 55 | 37 | 20.6 | $411K | +3.4% | #224 of 538 |
| 4Blytheville, AR | 53 | 25 | 16.2 | $499K | −6.7% | #244 of 538 |
| 5Harrison, AR | 48 | 46 | 24.8 | $384K | +2.4% | #305 of 538 |
| 6Russellville, AR | 42 | 96 | 29.4 | $310K | +1.6% | #360 of 538 |
| 7Magnolia, AR | 39 | 22 | 26.2 | $359K | −3.7% | #385 of 538 |
| 8Mountain Home, AR | 38 | 50 | 25.8 | $327K | +3.1% | #395 of 538 |
| 9Camden, AR | 34 | 24 | 23.3 | $371K | −3.6% | #426 of 538 |
| 10Pine Bluff, AR | 32 | 69 | 25.6 | $323K | −5.6% | #451 of 538 |
Other business types in the Batesville area
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 the Batesville, AR area?
There are 27 auto repair shops on map listings in the Batesville area as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 24 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Batesville, AR area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $13.3M a year, or $912 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $494K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,638 households in the Batesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Batesville, AR area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Batesville area has 18.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $494K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Batesville area would have about 30, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 770 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Batesville, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Batesville area at 38,785 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,638 households. The median household income in the Batesville area is $56,609 a year, 30% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Batesville area scores 56 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #203 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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