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Auto repair shops in Fleming County, KY

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,201 of 2,378 scored counties
#89 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
19
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $872 a household
Spending per listing
$269K
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
32.4
51% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,787
+4.6% 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

For auto repair shops, Fleming County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #2,201 of 2,378 scored counties and #89 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Fleming County comes to about $5.1M a year: $872 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $269K per shop, 40% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 19 auto repair shops on map listings in Fleming County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 32.4 per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Fleming County in 2023. That is one for every 586 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Fleming County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Fleming 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 Fleming County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureFleming CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households32.421.121.5
Spending per listing$269K$420K$445K
Households per official establishment5861,206955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$872$889$958
Median household income$49,307$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score2346

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 10
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
192 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Fleming 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 Fleming County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,787+4.6% since 2020
Households
5,859
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
349 sq. mi.
People per square mile
44
Median household income
$49,307+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,998
Median home value
$134,700
Jobs located here
3,223
Daytime population
12,492Residents 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 Fleming 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
89Fleming County, KY231932.4$269K+4.6%#2,201 of 2,378

Other business types in Fleming County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 auto repair shops in Fleming County. 2 of them (11%) 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 list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $5.1M a year, or $872 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $269K 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 5,859 households in Fleming County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fleming County has 32.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $269K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Fleming County would have about 12, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 586 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Fleming County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Fleming County at 15,787 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,859 households. Median household income in Fleming County is $49,307, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.5%, 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. Fleming County scores 23 for auto repair shops (low), #2,201 of 2,378 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for auto repair shops · All 56 business types in Fleming County

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