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Auto repair shops in Acadia Parish, LA

How Acadia Parish, LA 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,597 of 2,378 scored counties
#29 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
40
2 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $740 a household
Spending per listing
$409K
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.1
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
57,032
−0.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 40 auto repair shops in Acadia Parish. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 5%, against 16% across the U.S. That is 18.1 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Acadia Parish comes to about $16.4M a year: $740 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $409K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 8% 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 14 businesses with payroll in Acadia Parish classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,579 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 88 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Acadia Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Acadia Parish has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #1,597 of 2,378 scored counties and #29 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Acadia Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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.

Auto repair shops in Acadia Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureAcadia ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.121.421.5
Spending per listing$409K$374K$445K
Households per official establishment1,5791,164955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.7%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$740$802$958
Median household income$45,562$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4129

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 14
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
88Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
402 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The 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 Acadia Parish, 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 Acadia Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
57,032−0.8% since 2020
Households
22,099
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
655 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$45,562+5.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,194
Median home value
$155,500
Jobs located here
14,814
Daytime population
48,388Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Acadia Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA679617.9$512K+8.5%#473 of 2,378
2East Feliciana Parish, LA66710.9$864K−2.8%#482 of 2,378
3Grant Parish, LA641216.1$565K−0.3%#560 of 2,378
4Jackson Parish, LA61916.1$474K+5.6%#696 of 2,378
5St. Charles Parish, LA573016.1$591K−3.7%#837 of 2,378
6Orleans Parish, LA551519.7$627K−5.5%#932 of 2,378
7De Soto Parish, LA551615.2$563K+2.0%#935 of 2,378
8Evangeline Parish, LA551713.5$549K−1.0%#937 of 2,378
9Bossier Parish, LA559518.7$460K+2.5%#959 of 2,378
10Ascension Parish, LA5511023.1$429K+6.4%#971 of 2,378
29Acadia Parish, LA414018.1$409K−0.8%#1,597 of 2,378

Other business types in Acadia Parish

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Acadia Parish, LA?

Acadia Parish has 40 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 14 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 88 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Acadia Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $16.4M a year, or $740 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $409K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,099 households in Acadia Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Acadia Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Acadia Parish has 18.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $409K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Acadia Parish would have about 37, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,579 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Acadia Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Acadia Parish at 57,032 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,099 households. The median household income in Acadia Parish is $45,562 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.0% 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. Acadia Parish scores 41 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,597 of 2,378 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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