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Auto repair shops in Wilkes County, GA
How Wilkes County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $862 a household
- Spending per listing
- $297K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.0
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,540
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 auto repair shops in Wilkes County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 29.0 for every 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Wilkes County comes to about $3.6M a year: $862 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $297K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 33% 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.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Wilkes County in 2023. That is one for every 1,378 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Wilkes County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Wilkes 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 | Wilkes County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.0 | 23.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $297K | $399K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,378 | 1,082 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $862 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $52,043 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $790K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Wilkes 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 Wilkes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,540−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,133
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $52,043
- Average household income
- $74,862
- Median home value
- $122,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,582
- Daytime population
- 7,620Residents 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 Wilkes 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 |
| Wilkes County, GA | Not scored | 12 | 29.0 | $297K | −0.1% |
Other business types in Wilkes County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Wilkes County, GA?
There are 12 auto repair shops on map listings in Wilkes County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wilkes County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.6M a year, or $862 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $297K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,133 households in Wilkes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wilkes County, GA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Wilkes County has 29.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $297K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Wilkes County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,378 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Wilkes County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Wilkes County at 9,540 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,133 households. The median household income in Wilkes County is $52,043 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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