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Auto repair shops in Craighead County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Craighead County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,338 of 2,378 scored counties
#19 of 60 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 92
- 20 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- +20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $875 a household
- Spending per listing
- $423K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,957
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 92 auto repair shops in Craighead County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.7, 4% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Craighead County comes to about $38.9M a year: $875 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $423K per shop, 5% below 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.
Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Craighead County in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 926 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 130 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Craighead County.
Population estimates put the population change in Craighead County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Craighead County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,338 of 2,378 scored counties and #19 of 60 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Craighead County 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 | Craighead County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 22.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $423K | $387K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 926 | 1,089 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.0% | +6.8% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $875 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $59,548 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 48+20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 248
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 130Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9220 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Craighead 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 Craighead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,957+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 44,437
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,548+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,050
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 53,731
- Daytime population
- 120,635Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Craighead County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 78 | 12 | 18.6 | $568K | +11.2% | #158 of 2,378 |
| 2Marion County, AR | 77 | 11 | 14.4 | $652K | +4.3% | #168 of 2,378 |
| 3Benton County, AR | 74 | 225 | 20.1 | $502K | +16.0% | #244 of 2,378 |
| 4Grant County, AR | 72 | 11 | 15.8 | $631K | +4.1% | #289 of 2,378 |
| 5Washington County, AR | 67 | 178 | 18.3 | $505K | +9.9% | #474 of 2,378 |
| 6Carroll County, AR | 66 | 19 | 16.7 | $580K | +3.6% | #491 of 2,378 |
| 7Saline County, AR | 66 | 93 | 18.5 | $514K | +7.6% | #501 of 2,378 |
| 8Lonoke County, AR | 65 | 58 | 20.3 | $477K | +3.5% | #537 of 2,378 |
| 9Fulton County, AR | 51 | 12 | 25.2 | $366K | +3.7% | #1,164 of 2,378 |
| 10Crawford County, AR | 50 | 55 | 23.5 | $408K | +4.1% | #1,194 of 2,378 |
| 19Craighead County, AR | 47 | 92 | 20.7 | $423K | +4.8% | #1,338 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Craighead County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Craighead County, AR?
There are 92 auto repair shops on map listings in Craighead County as of September 2026. 20 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. Another 130 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Craighead County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $38.9M a year, or $875 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 92 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $423K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,437 households in Craighead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Craighead County, AR compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Craighead County has 20.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $423K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Craighead County would have about 88, against 92 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 926 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Craighead County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Craighead County at 116,957 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,437 households. The median household income in Craighead County is $59,548 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. Craighead County scores 47 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,338 of 2,378 scored counties.
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