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Auto repair shops in Floyd County, KY
How Floyd 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,145 of 2,378 scored counties
#85 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 39
- 2 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $790 a household
- Spending per listing
- $298K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.5
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,401
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Floyd County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #2,145 of 2,378 scored counties and #85 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 auto repair shops in Floyd County. 2 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 26.5 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Households in Floyd County spend about $11.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $790 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $298K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $445K. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Floyd County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,470 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Floyd County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Floyd 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.
| Measure | Floyd County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.5 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $298K | $420K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,470 | 1,206 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $790 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $41,279 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 37
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 392 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Floyd 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 Floyd County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,401−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,700
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $41,279+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $61,221
- Median home value
- $98,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,477
- Daytime population
- 35,285Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spencer County, KY | 96 | 10 | 13.7 | $957K | +7.7% | #3 of 2,378 |
| 2Allen County, KY | 82 | 11 | 13.7 | $716K | +9.5% | #82 of 2,378 |
| 3Oldham County, KY | 81 | 38 | 16.5 | $720K | +4.9% | #99 of 2,378 |
| 4Pendleton County, KY | 78 | 6 | 11.0 | $956K | +1.1% | #142 of 2,378 |
| 5Owen County, KY | 76 | 5 | 11.8 | $827K | +2.6% | #184 of 2,378 |
| 6Breckinridge County, KY | 76 | 16 | 19.8 | $532K | +5.2% | #202 of 2,378 |
| 7Edmonson County, KY | 75 | 7 | 13.7 | $708K | +5.0% | #204 of 2,378 |
| 8Meade County, KY | 71 | 19 | 17.3 | $589K | +2.2% | #312 of 2,378 |
| 9Garrard County, KY | 71 | 12 | 17.9 | $549K | +7.3% | #317 of 2,378 |
| 10Nelson County, KY | 71 | 38 | 19.8 | $511K | +4.8% | #323 of 2,378 |
| 85Floyd County, KY | 26 | 39 | 26.5 | $298K | −3.9% | #2,145 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Floyd County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
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Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Floyd County, KY?
Floyd County has 39 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (5%) 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 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Floyd County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.6M a year, or $790 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $298K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,700 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Floyd County, KY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Floyd County has 26.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $298K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Floyd County would have about 26, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,470 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Floyd County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Floyd County at 34,401 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,700 households. The median household income in Floyd County is $41,279 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Floyd County scores 26 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,145 of 2,378 scored counties.
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