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Auto repair shops in Toombs County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Toombs County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,899 of 2,378 scored counties
#97 of 120 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
33
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $843 a household
Spending per listing
$266K
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.7
47% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,545
+1.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Toombs County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,899 of 2,378 scored counties and #97 of 120 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Toombs County comes to about $8.8M a year: $843 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $266K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 33 auto repair shops on map listings in Toombs County as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 31.7 for every 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Toombs County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,301 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Toombs County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Toombs 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.

Auto repair shops in Toombs County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureToombs CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.723.121.5
Spending per listing$266K$399K$445K
Households per official establishment1,3011,082955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$843$923$958
Median household income$52,621$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3451

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 8
Employees, 2023
35
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
44Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
331 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Toombs 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 Toombs County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,545+1.7% since 2020
Households
10,409
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
364 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$52,621+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,602
Median home value
$137,000
Jobs located here
12,461
Daytime population
29,360Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Toombs County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, GA941116.4$757K+10.5%#8 of 2,378
2Banks County, GA93710.2$1.1M+17.3%#9 of 2,378
3Oconee County, GA911610.7$1.2M+6.9%#12 of 2,378
4Harris County, GA9096.9$1.7M+6.8%#17 of 2,378
5Bryan County, GA862213.3$842K+15.6%#39 of 2,378
6Greene County, GA861214.6$729K+12.3%#43 of 2,378
7Newton County, GA836515.8$632K+11.2%#72 of 2,378
8Effingham County, GA823614.8$718K+14.1%#81 of 2,378
9Houston County, GA8110115.8$625K+8.5%#106 of 2,378
10Gilmer County, GA802317.7$571K+7.9%#123 of 2,378
97Toombs County, GA343331.7$266K+1.7%#1,899 of 2,378

Other business types in Toombs County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Toombs County, GA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 33 auto repair shops in Toombs County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Toombs County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $8.8M a year, or $843 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $266K 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 10,409 households in Toombs County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Toombs County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Toombs County has 31.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $266K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Toombs County would have about 20, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,301 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Toombs County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Toombs County at 27,545 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,409 households. Median household income in Toombs County is $52,621, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Toombs County scores 34 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,899 of 2,378 scored counties.

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