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Auto repair shops in Jackson County, FL
How Jackson County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #876 of 2,378 scored counties
#26 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 33
- 5 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $818 a household
- Spending per listing
- $428K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,629
- +5.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $818 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Jackson County spend about $14.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $428K per shop, 4% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 33 auto repair shops on map listings in Jackson County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 19.1 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Jackson County in 2023. That is one for every 2,160 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 48 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.1M has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Jackson County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jackson County grew 5.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Jackson County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #876 of 2,378 scored counties and #26 of 64 scored counties in Florida.
How Jackson County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Jackson County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.1 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $428K | $396K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,160 | 1,036 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $818 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $49,149 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 48Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 335 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Jackson 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 Jackson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,629+5.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,276
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 918 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $49,149+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,473
- Median home value
- $120,800
- Jobs located here
- 14,417
- Daytime population
- 44,853Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Johns County, FL | 85 | 130 | 11.2 | $869K | +25.0% | #47 of 2,378 |
| 2Walton County, FL | 85 | 38 | 11.1 | $857K | +22.9% | #48 of 2,378 |
| 3Santa Rosa County, FL | 85 | 101 | 13.9 | $738K | +11.7% | #49 of 2,378 |
| 4Gulf County, FL | 83 | 5 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +11.7% | #65 of 2,378 |
| 5Nassau County, FL | 81 | 57 | 14.5 | $679K | +17.4% | #100 of 2,378 |
| 6Sumter County, FL | 80 | 46 | 6.5 | $1.1M | +21.1% | #107 of 2,378 |
| 7Flagler County, FL | 74 | 77 | 14.6 | $597K | +21.0% | #233 of 2,378 |
| 8Franklin County, FL | 73 | 6 | 12.1 | $704K | +4.5% | #253 of 2,378 |
| 9Clay County, FL | 71 | 149 | 17.8 | $543K | +9.4% | #319 of 2,378 |
| 10Hernando County, FL | 70 | 125 | 15.2 | $563K | +13.3% | #345 of 2,378 |
| 26Jackson County, FL | 57 | 33 | 19.1 | $428K | +5.4% | #876 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Jackson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Jackson County, FL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 auto repair shops in Jackson County. 5 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 48 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Jackson County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $14.1M a year, or $818 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $428K 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 17,276 households in Jackson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jackson County, FL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Jackson County has 19.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $428K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Jackson County would have about 32, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,160 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Jackson County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Jackson County at 49,629 people in 2025, up 5.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,276 households. Median household income in Jackson County is $49,149, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Jackson County scores 57 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #876 of 2,378 scored counties.
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