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Auto repair shops in Anderson County, KY

How Anderson County, KY 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #743 of 2,378 scored counties
#27 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
23
2 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,062 a household
Spending per listing
$446K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.8
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,225
+5.5% 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 Anderson County comes to about $10.3M a year: $1,062 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $446K of household spending for each shop on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Anderson County has 23 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 23.8 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Anderson County in 2023. That is one for every 965 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anderson County grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Anderson County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #743 of 2,378 scored counties and #27 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Anderson County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Anderson County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureAnderson CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.821.121.5
Spending per listing$446K$420K$445K
Households per official establishment9651,206955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,062$889$958
Median household income$74,488$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score6046

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 10
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
29Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
232 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Anderson 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 Anderson County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,225+5.5% since 2020
Households
9,653
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
202 sq. mi.
People per square mile
120
Median household income
$74,488+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,135
Median home value
$225,100
Jobs located here
4,941
Daytime population
18,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spencer County, KY961013.7$957K+7.7%#3 of 2,378
2Allen County, KY821113.7$716K+9.5%#82 of 2,378
3Oldham County, KY813816.5$720K+4.9%#99 of 2,378
4Pendleton County, KY78611.0$956K+1.1%#142 of 2,378
5Owen County, KY76511.8$827K+2.6%#184 of 2,378
6Breckinridge County, KY761619.8$532K+5.2%#202 of 2,378
7Edmonson County, KY75713.7$708K+5.0%#204 of 2,378
8Meade County, KY711917.3$589K+2.2%#312 of 2,378
9Garrard County, KY711217.9$549K+7.3%#317 of 2,378
10Nelson County, KY713819.8$511K+4.8%#323 of 2,378
27Anderson County, KY602323.8$446K+5.5%#743 of 2,378

Other business types in Anderson County

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

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Anderson County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 auto repair shops in Anderson County. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. 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. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Anderson County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $10.3M a year, or $1,062 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $446K 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 9,653 households in Anderson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anderson County, KY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Anderson County has 23.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $446K, in line with the U.S. figure of $445K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 965 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Anderson County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Anderson County at 25,225 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,653 households. Median household income in Anderson County is $74,488, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. Anderson County scores 60 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #743 of 2,378 scored counties.

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