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Auto repair shops in Sumter County, GA
How Sumter 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 8 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,373 of 2,378 scored counties
#119 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 35
- 6 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- −26.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $8.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $753 a household
- Spending per listing
- $236K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.9
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,801
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Sumter County has a Groundwork market score of 8 (very low): #2,373 of 2,378 scored counties and #119 of 120 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 auto repair shops in Sumter County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 31.9 per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $753 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Sumter County spend about $8.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $236K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 47% 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 17 businesses with payroll in Sumter County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, down 26.1% from 2019. That is one for every 646 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sumter County. Population estimates show Sumter County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Sumter 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 | Sumter County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.9 | 23.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $236K | $399K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 646 | 1,082 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −26.1% | +5.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $753 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $42,653 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 8 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 17−26.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 356 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sumter 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 Sumter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,801−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 10,986
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $42,653+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,394
- Median home value
- $120,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,753
- Daytime population
- 27,951Residents 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 Sumter 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 |
| 119Sumter County, GA | 8 | 35 | 31.9 | $236K | −2.4% | #2,373 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Sumter 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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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Sumter County, GA?
Sumter County has 35 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 26.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sumter County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.3M a year, or $753 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $236K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,986 households in Sumter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sumter County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Sumter County has 31.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $236K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Sumter County would have about 19, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 646 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 26.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Sumter County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Sumter County at 28,801 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,986 households. The median household income in Sumter County is $42,653 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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. Sumter County scores 8 for auto repair shops (very low), #2,373 of 2,378 scored counties.
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