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Auto repair shops in Butts County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Butts County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,038 of 2,378 scored counties
#104 of 120 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
34
5 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,023 a household
Spending per listing
$269K
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
38.0
77% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,218
+6.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Butts County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #2,038 of 2,378 scored counties and #104 of 120 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Butts County comes to about $9.1M a year: $1,023 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 34 auto repair shops, that is $269K per shop, 40% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Butts County has 34 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 38.0 for every 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Butts County was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 447 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates show Butts County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Butts County 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.

Auto repair shops in Butts County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureButts CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households38.023.121.5
Spending per listing$269K$399K$445K
Households per official establishment4471,082955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,023$923$958
Median household income$69,241$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3051

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 20
Employees, 2023
64
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
45Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
345 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 Butts 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 Butts County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,218+6.5% since 2020
Households
8,941
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
184 sq. mi.
People per square mile
144
Median household income
$69,241+59.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,229
Median home value
$240,600
Jobs located here
8,221
Daytime population
24,104Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Butts County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, GA941116.4$757K+10.5%#8 of 2,378
2Banks County, GA93710.2$1.1M+17.3%#9 of 2,378
3Oconee County, GA911610.7$1.2M+6.9%#12 of 2,378
4Harris County, GA9096.9$1.7M+6.8%#17 of 2,378
5Bryan County, GA862213.3$842K+15.6%#39 of 2,378
6Greene County, GA861214.6$729K+12.3%#43 of 2,378
7Newton County, GA836515.8$632K+11.2%#72 of 2,378
8Effingham County, GA823614.8$718K+14.1%#81 of 2,378
9Houston County, GA8110115.8$625K+8.5%#106 of 2,378
10Gilmer County, GA802317.7$571K+7.9%#123 of 2,378
104Butts County, GA303438.0$269K+6.5%#2,038 of 2,378

Other business types in Butts County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Butts County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 auto repair shops in Butts County. 5 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Butts County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $9.1M a year, or $1,023 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $269K 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 8,941 households in Butts County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Butts County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Butts County has 38.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $269K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Butts County would have about 21, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 447 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Butts County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Butts County at 27,218 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,941 households. Median household income in Butts County is $69,241, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 59.3%, 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. Butts County scores 30 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,038 of 2,378 scored counties.

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