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Auto repair shops in Tift County, GA
How Tift 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,039 of 2,378 scored counties
#105 of 120 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 56
- 4 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $828 a household
- Spending per listing
- $231K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.8
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,254
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Tift County is 30 (lower middle), #2,039 of 2,378 scored counties and #105 of 120 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Tift County spend about $12.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $828 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $231K per shop, 48% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Tift County has 56 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 7%, against 16% across the U.S. That is 35.8 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Tift County in 2023. That is one for every 1,117 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates show Tift County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Tift 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 | Tift County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.8 | 23.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $231K | $399K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,117 | 1,082 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $828 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $53,255 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 55Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 564 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Tift 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 Tift County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,254+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,640
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 261 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $53,255+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,766
- Median home value
- $165,200
- Jobs located here
- 21,738
- Daytime population
- 47,133Residents 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 |
| 105Tift County, GA | 30 | 56 | 35.8 | $231K | +2.1% | #2,039 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Tift 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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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Tift County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 auto repair shops in Tift County. 4 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 55 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Tift County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.9M a year, or $828 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $231K 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 15,640 households in Tift County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tift County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Tift County has 35.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $231K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Tift County would have about 29, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,117 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Tift County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Tift County at 42,254 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,640 households. Median household income in Tift County is $53,255, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.7%, 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. Tift County scores 30 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,039 of 2,378 scored counties.
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