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Auto repair shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area
How the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #298 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 125
- 21 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $41.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $879 a household
- Spending per listing
- $332K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.5
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,524
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is 36 (lower middle), #298 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 125 auto repair shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. 21 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 26.5 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $879 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area spend about $41.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 125 auto repair shops, that is $332K per shop, 25% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 46 businesses with payroll in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,026 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Brunswick-St. Simons metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.5 | 23.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $332K | $399K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,026 | 1,082 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $879 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,623 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46
- Employees, 2023
- 215
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 107Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12521 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 93The 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,524+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 47,209
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,294 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,637
- Median home value
- $242,500
- Jobs located here
- 42,696
- Daytime population
- 112,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warner Robins, GA | 86 | 122 | 16.4 | $601K | +8.2% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Athens-Clarke County, GA | 68 | 169 | 19.6 | $488K | +3.9% | #67 of 387 |
| 3Hinesville, GA | 63 | 62 | 20.6 | $428K | +12.6% | #94 of 387 |
| 4Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 62 | 473 | 20.4 | $451K | +4.7% | #101 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 59 | 519 | 22.4 | $421K | +5.3% | #121 of 387 |
| 5Savannah, GA | 58 | 308 | 19.1 | $460K | +8.1% | #134 of 387 |
| 6Dalton, GA | 52 | 136 | 26.1 | $371K | +3.5% | #190 of 387 |
| 7Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 50 | 5,417 | 23.4 | $399K | +5.9% | #204 of 387 |
| 8Macon-Bibb County, GA | 48 | 187 | 21.1 | $418K | +2.1% | #221 of 387 |
| 9Gainesville, GA | 41 | 225 | 30.6 | $338K | +11.4% | #271 of 387 |
| 11Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 36 | 125 | 26.5 | $332K | +4.4% | #298 of 387 |
Other business types in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?
There are 125 auto repair shops on map listings in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area as of September 2026. 21 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 107 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $41.5M a year, or $879 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 125 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $332K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 26.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $332K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 93, against 125 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,026 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 36 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #298 of 387 scored metro areas.
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