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Auto repair shops in Franklin County, KY
The auto repair shops in Franklin County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,490 of 2,378 scored counties
#57 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 51
- 10 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $850 a household
- Spending per listing
- $379K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.4
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,649
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 auto repair shops in Franklin County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 20%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 22.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Franklin County comes to about $19.3M a year: $850 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 51 auto repair shops, that is $379K per shop, 15% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,336 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $219K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Franklin County.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Franklin County is 44 (lower middle), #1,490 of 2,378 scored counties and #57 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Franklin 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 | Franklin County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.4 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $379K | $420K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,336 | 1,206 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $850 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $65,298 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $219K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,649+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,718
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 208 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 249
- Median household income
- $65,298+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,985
- Median home value
- $216,600
- Jobs located here
- 35,970
- Daytime population
- 63,912Residents 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 |
| 57Franklin County, KY | 44 | 51 | 22.4 | $379K | +2.0% | #1,490 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Franklin County, KY?
There are 51 auto repair shops on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. 10 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Franklin County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $19.3M a year, or $850 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $379K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,718 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, KY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Franklin County has 22.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $379K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Franklin County would have about 43, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,336 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 52,649 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,718 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $65,298 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.0% 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. Franklin County scores 44 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,490 of 2,378 scored counties.
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