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Auto repair shops in Fulton County, IN

How Fulton County, IN 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #936 of 2,378 scored counties
#57 of 85 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
17
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,172 a household
Spending per listing
$555K
25% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.1
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,091
−1.9% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Fulton County comes to about $9.4M a year: $1,172 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That is about $555K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 25% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Fulton County has 17 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That is 21.1 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Fulton County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 805 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Fulton County declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Fulton County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #936 of 2,378 scored counties and #57 of 85 scored counties in Indiana.

How Fulton County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Fulton County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureFulton CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.121.321.5
Spending per listing$555K$504K$445K
Households per official establishment805928955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.4%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,172$1,072$958
Median household income$61,360$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5564

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 10
Employees, 2023
58
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
23Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
171 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,091−1.9% since 2020
Households
8,051
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
368 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$61,360+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,533
Median home value
$156,500
Jobs located here
6,262
Daytime population
17,927Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hamilton County, IN9415611.4$1.1M+10.9%#7 of 2,378
2Newton County, IN86712.2$971K+2.9%#38 of 2,378
3Hancock County, IN865215.5$799K+13.5%#41 of 2,378
4Spencer County, IN861417.3$756K+1.2%#42 of 2,378
5Parke County, IN82711.4$941K+3.0%#76 of 2,378
6Washington County, IN821916.9$746K+0.5%#79 of 2,378
7Boone County, IN806422.3$555K+13.5%#125 of 2,378
8Jennings County, IN791311.9$1M+0.1%#127 of 2,378
9Harrison County, IN793019.4$662K+1.9%#132 of 2,378
10Warrick County, IN784718.7$658K+4.4%#152 of 2,378
57Fulton County, IN551721.1$555K−1.9%#936 of 2,378

Other business types in Fulton County

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

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Fulton County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 auto repair shops in Fulton County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Fulton County, IN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $9.4M a year, or $1,172 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $555K 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 8,051 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fulton County, IN compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Fulton County has 21.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $555K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Fulton County would have about 21, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 805 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Fulton County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Fulton County at 20,091 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,051 households. Median household income in Fulton County is $61,360, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.9%, 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. Fulton County scores 55 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #936 of 2,378 scored counties.

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