Auto · Small-town market · Kentucky
Auto repair shops in the Murray, KY area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in the Murray, KY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #464 of 538 scored small-town markets
#15 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 49
- 7 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $839 a household
- Spending per listing
- $261K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.2
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,421
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, the Murray area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #464 of 538 scored small-town markets and #15 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Murray area comes to about $12.8M a year: $839 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 auto repair shops, that is $261K per shop, 41% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 49 auto repair shops on map listings in the Murray area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 32.2 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in the Murray area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 762 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Murray area grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Murray area 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 | Murray area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.2 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $261K | $420K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 762 | 1,206 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $839 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $52,706 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 74Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 497 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 the Murray area, 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 the Murray area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,421+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 15,239
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $52,706+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,292
- Median home value
- $183,200
- Jobs located here
- 15,172
- Daytime population
- 39,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Murray area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richmond-Berea, KY | 65 | 105 | 21.2 | $429K | +7.0% | #114 of 538 |
| 2Mount Sterling, KY | 64 | 41 | 22.6 | $408K | +3.1% | #126 of 538 |
| 3Henderson, KY | 57 | 42 | 17.9 | $484K | −0.9% | #195 of 538 |
| 4Frankfort, KY | 56 | 74 | 22.9 | $400K | +3.1% | #210 of 538 |
| 5Somerset, KY | 56 | 66 | 25.2 | $363K | +3.5% | #212 of 538 |
| 6Danville, KY | 48 | 55 | 25.3 | $354K | +3.6% | #308 of 538 |
| 7Madisonville, KY | 47 | 41 | 22.3 | $397K | −0.5% | #313 of 538 |
| 8Glasgow, KY | 47 | 59 | 26.7 | $335K | +2.6% | #317 of 538 |
| 9Campbellsville, KY | 47 | 40 | 27.2 | $333K | +3.4% | #318 of 538 |
| 10Franklin, KY | 44 | 34 | 42.4 | $233K | +5.9% | #344 of 538 |
| 15Murray, KY | 30 | 49 | 32.2 | $261K | +4.9% | #464 of 538 |
Other business types in the Murray area
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 the Murray, KY area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 auto repair shops in the Murray area. 7 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 74 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Murray, KY area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.8M a year, or $839 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $261K 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 15,239 households in the Murray area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Murray, KY area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Murray area has 32.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $261K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Murray area would have about 29, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 762 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Murray, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Murray area at 39,421 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,239 households. Median household income in the Murray area is $52,706, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Murray area scores 30 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #464 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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