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Auto repair shops in Lewis County, KY
How Lewis 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,510 of 2,378 scored counties
#59 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 10
- 3 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $944 a household
- Spending per listing
- $474K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.9
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,901
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Lewis County spend about $4.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $944 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 10 auto repair shops, that is $474K per shop, 7% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Lewis County has 10 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 19.9 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for mechanical, body and glass repair in Lewis County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Lewis County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Lewis County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,510 of 2,378 scored counties and #59 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Lewis 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 | Lewis County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.9 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $474K | $420K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,206 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $944 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $46,838 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 46 |
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
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 103 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Lewis 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 Lewis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,901−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,019
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $46,838+50.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,354
- Median home value
- $96,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,960
- Daytime population
- 10,439Residents 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 |
| 59Lewis County, KY | 43 | 10 | 19.9 | $474K | −1.4% | #1,510 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Lewis 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 Lewis County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 auto repair shops in Lewis County. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Lewis County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lewis County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.7M a year, or $944 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $474K 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 5,019 households in Lewis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lewis County, KY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Lewis County has 19.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $474K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Lewis County would have about 11, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Lewis County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Lewis County at 12,901 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,019 households. Median household income in Lewis County is $46,838, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.4%, 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. Lewis County scores 43 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,510 of 2,378 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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