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Auto repair shops in Lowndes County, GA
How Lowndes County, GA 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,791 of 2,378 scored counties
#89 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 129
- 19 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 43
- +2.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $39.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $854 a household
- Spending per listing
- $305K
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.0
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 122,867
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Lowndes County is 37 (lower middle), #1,791 of 2,378 scored counties and #89 of 120 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $854 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Lowndes County spend about $39.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 129 auto repair shops, that is $305K per shop, 31% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Lowndes County has 129 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.0, 30% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 43 businesses with payroll in Lowndes County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 2.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,072 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $52K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Lowndes County. Population estimates show Lowndes County grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lowndes 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 | Lowndes County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.0 | 23.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $305K | $399K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,072 | 1,082 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.4% | +5.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $854 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $58,541 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42 → 43+2.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 207
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 97Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12919 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 89The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $52K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Lowndes 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 Lowndes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 122,867+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,106
- Median age
- 33.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 241
- Median household income
- $58,541+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,413
- Median home value
- $215,600
- Jobs located here
- 48,448
- Daytime population
- 125,607Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Lowndes County marked.
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 |
| 89Lowndes County, GA | 37 | 129 | 28.0 | $305K | +3.7% | #1,791 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Lowndes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Lowndes County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 129 auto repair shops in Lowndes County. 19 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 2.4% from 2019. Another 97 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lowndes County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $39.4M a year, or $854 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $305K 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 46,106 households in Lowndes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lowndes County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Lowndes County has 28.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $305K, 31% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Lowndes County would have about 89, against 129 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,072 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Lowndes County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Lowndes County at 122,867 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,106 households. Median household income in Lowndes County is $58,541, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Lowndes County scores 37 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,791 of 2,378 scored counties.
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