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Auto repair shops in Worth County, GA

The auto repair shops in Worth County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #546 of 2,378 scored counties
#32 of 120 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $932 a household
Spending per listing
$721K
62% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.9
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,059
−3.2% 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

At $932 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Worth County spend about $7.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 10 auto repair shops, that is $721K per shop, 62% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Worth County has 10 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 12.9 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Worth County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,935 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 49 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $670K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Worth County.

Population estimates put the population change in Worth County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Worth County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #546 of 2,378 scored counties and #32 of 120 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Worth 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 Worth County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureWorth CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.923.121.5
Spending per listing$721K$399K$445K
Households per official establishment1,9351,082955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$932$923$958
Median household income$58,694$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6451

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$403K
One-person businesses, 2023
49Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$670K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Worth 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 Worth County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,059−3.2% since 2020
Households
7,739
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
571 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$58,694+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,946
Median home value
$104,900
Jobs located here
3,427
Daytime population
16,215Residents 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 Worth 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
32Worth County, GA641012.9$721K−3.2%#546 of 2,378

Other business types in Worth County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 auto repair shops in Worth County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 49 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $7.2M a year, or $932 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $721K 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 7,739 households in Worth County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Worth County has 12.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $721K, 62% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Worth County would have about 16, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,935 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Worth County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Worth County at 20,059 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,739 households. Median household income in Worth County is $58,694, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Worth County scores 64 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #546 of 2,378 scored counties.

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