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Auto repair shops in Effingham County, GA
The auto repair shops in Effingham County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #81 of 2,378 scored counties
#8 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 36
- 5 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,065 a household
- Spending per listing
- $718K
- 62% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,397
- +14.1% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Effingham County has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #81 of 2,378 scored counties and #8 of 120 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Effingham County comes to about $25.9M a year: $1,065 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $718K per shop, 62% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 36 auto repair shops on map listings in Effingham County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.8, 31% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Effingham County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 1,157 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $299K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Effingham County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Effingham County grew 14.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Effingham 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.
| Measure | Effingham County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 23.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $718K | $399K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,157 | 1,082 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,065 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $88,438 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 87Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 365 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $299K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Effingham 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 Effingham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,397+14.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,287
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $88,438+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,856
- Median home value
- $276,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,262
- Daytime population
- 50,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, GA | 94 | 11 | 16.4 | $757K | +10.5% | #8 of 2,378 |
| 2Banks County, GA | 93 | 7 | 10.2 | $1.1M | +17.3% | #9 of 2,378 |
| 3Oconee County, GA | 91 | 16 | 10.7 | $1.2M | +6.9% | #12 of 2,378 |
| 4Harris County, GA | 90 | 9 | 6.9 | $1.7M | +6.8% | #17 of 2,378 |
| 5Bryan County, GA | 86 | 22 | 13.3 | $842K | +15.6% | #39 of 2,378 |
| 6Greene County, GA | 86 | 12 | 14.6 | $729K | +12.3% | #43 of 2,378 |
| 7Newton County, GA | 83 | 65 | 15.8 | $632K | +11.2% | #72 of 2,378 |
| 8Effingham County, GA | 82 | 36 | 14.8 | $718K | +14.1% | #81 of 2,378 |
| 9Houston County, GA | 81 | 101 | 15.8 | $625K | +8.5% | #106 of 2,378 |
| 10Gilmer County, GA | 80 | 23 | 17.7 | $571K | +7.9% | #123 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Effingham County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Effingham County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 36 auto repair shops in Effingham County. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 87 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Effingham County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $25.9M a year, or $1,065 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $718K 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 24,287 households in Effingham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Effingham County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Effingham County has 14.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $718K, 62% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Effingham County would have about 58, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,157 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Effingham County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Effingham County at 74,397 people in 2025, up 14.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,287 households. Median household income in Effingham County is $88,438, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. Effingham County scores 82 for auto repair shops (high), #81 of 2,378 scored counties.
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