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Auto repair shops in Russell County, KY
How Russell 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 #1,539 of 2,378 scored counties
#60 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 23
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $905 a household
- Spending per listing
- $298K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.4
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,608
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Russell County comes to about $6.8M a year: $905 per household, 5% 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. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Russell County has 23 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 30.4, 41% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Russell County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,512 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Russell County grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Russell County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,539 of 2,378 scored counties and #60 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Russell 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 | Russell County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.4 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $298K | $420K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,512 | 1,206 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $905 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $44,738 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $513K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 230 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Russell 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 Russell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,608+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,562
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $44,738+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,696
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,793
- Daytime population
- 16,921Residents 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 |
| 60Russell County, KY | 43 | 23 | 30.4 | $298K | +3.4% | #1,539 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Russell 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 Russell County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 auto repair shops in Russell County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Russell County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.8M a year, or $905 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $298K 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 7,562 households in Russell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Russell County, KY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Russell County has 30.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $298K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Russell County would have about 15, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,512 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Russell County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Russell County at 18,608 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,562 households. Median household income in Russell County is $44,738, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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. Russell County scores 43 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,539 of 2,378 scored counties.
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