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Auto repair shops in Elliott County, KY

How Elliott County, KY 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
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $851 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,265
−0.9% 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

At $851 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Elliott County spend about $2.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $2.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Elliott County has 1 auto repair shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for mechanical, body and glass repair in Elliott County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Elliott County declined 0.9% 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 Elliott 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 Elliott County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureElliott CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.121.121.5
Spending per listing$2.1M$420K$445K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,206955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$851$889$958
Median household income$45,776$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Elliott 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 Elliott County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,265−0.9% since 2020
Households
2,440
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
234 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$45,776
Average household income
$58,526
Median home value
$123,500
Jobs located here
855
Daytime population
6,290Residents 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 Elliott 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
Elliott County, KYNot scored14.1$2.1M−0.9%

Other business types in Elliott County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 auto repair shop in Elliott County. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Elliott County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $2.1M a year, or $851 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 auto repair shop on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 2,440 households in Elliott County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Elliott County has 1 auto repair shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Elliott County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Elliott County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Elliott County at 7,265 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,440 households. Median household income in Elliott County is $45,776, 43% 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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