Auto · Small-town market · Georgia
Auto repair shops in the Jesup, GA area
How the Jesup, GA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #255 of 538 scored small-town markets
#10 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 29
- 3 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $350K
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.2
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,481
- +7.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 auto repair shops in the Jesup area. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 26.2 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Households in the Jesup area spend about $10.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $919 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $350K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 21% 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 10 businesses with payroll in the Jesup area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,106 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 44 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $130K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Jesup area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jesup area grew 7.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, the Jesup area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #255 of 538 scored small-town markets and #10 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia.
How the Jesup 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 | Jesup area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.2 | 23.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $350K | $399K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,106 | 1,082 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $919 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $53,427 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 293 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $130K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Jesup 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 Jesup area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,481+7.8% since 2020
- Households
- 11,061
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 642 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $53,427+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,341
- Median home value
- $162,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,027
- Daytime population
- 28,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets 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 Jesup area marked.
Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingsland, GA | 78 | 36 | 16.6 | $548K | +9.5% | #26 of 538 |
| 2Summerville, GA | 67 | 17 | 18.6 | $478K | +1.5% | #96 of 538 |
| 3Jefferson, GA | 65 | 77 | 27.1 | $417K | +29.3% | #115 of 538 |
| 4Thomaston, GA | 62 | 18 | 17.0 | $509K | +2.7% | #143 of 538 |
| Eufaula, AL-GA | 60 | 10 | 9.8 | $829K | −1.2% | #163 of 538 |
| 5Cedartown, GA | 60 | 42 | 26.4 | $359K | +6.0% | #174 of 538 |
| 6Calhoun, GA | 58 | 57 | 26.7 | $362K | +6.9% | #189 of 538 |
| 7Statesboro, GA | 57 | 75 | 21.5 | $413K | +8.0% | #200 of 538 |
| 8Cornelia, GA | 54 | 43 | 25.7 | $385K | +9.3% | #238 of 538 |
| 9Toccoa, GA | 54 | 31 | 29.5 | $329K | +3.8% | #243 of 538 |
| 10Jesup, GA | 53 | 29 | 26.2 | $350K | +7.8% | #255 of 538 |
Other business types in the Jesup 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 Jesup, GA area?
The Jesup area has 29 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 44 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Jesup, GA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $10.2M a year, or $919 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $350K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,061 households in the Jesup area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jesup, GA area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Jesup area has 26.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $350K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Jesup area would have about 23, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,106 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Jesup, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Jesup area at 32,481 people in 2025, up 7.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,061 households. The median household income in the Jesup area is $53,427 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Jesup area scores 53 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #255 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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