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Auto repair shops in Avoyelles Parish, LA
How Avoyelles 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,007 of 2,378 scored counties
#42 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 27
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $763 a household
- Spending per listing
- $408K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.7
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,941
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Avoyelles Parish scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #2,007 of 2,378 scored counties and #42 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 auto repair shops in Avoyelles Parish. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 18.7 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Avoyelles Parish comes to about $11M a year: $763 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $408K per shop, 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Avoyelles Parish was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,032 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Avoyelles Parish declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Avoyelles 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.
| Measure | Avoyelles Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.7 | 21.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $408K | $374K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,032 | 1,164 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $763 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $39,325 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 52Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 272 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Avoyelles 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 Avoyelles Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,941−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 14,441
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 831 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $39,325+2.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,189
- Median home value
- $122,400
- Jobs located here
- 9,710
- Daytime population
- 35,366Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 67 | 96 | 17.9 | $512K | +8.5% | #473 of 2,378 |
| 2East Feliciana Parish, LA | 66 | 7 | 10.9 | $864K | −2.8% | #482 of 2,378 |
| 3Grant Parish, LA | 64 | 12 | 16.1 | $565K | −0.3% | #560 of 2,378 |
| 4Jackson Parish, LA | 61 | 9 | 16.1 | $474K | +5.6% | #696 of 2,378 |
| 5St. Charles Parish, LA | 57 | 30 | 16.1 | $591K | −3.7% | #837 of 2,378 |
| 6Orleans Parish, LA | 55 | 151 | 9.7 | $627K | −5.5% | #932 of 2,378 |
| 7De Soto Parish, LA | 55 | 16 | 15.2 | $563K | +2.0% | #935 of 2,378 |
| 8Evangeline Parish, LA | 55 | 17 | 13.5 | $549K | −1.0% | #937 of 2,378 |
| 9Bossier Parish, LA | 55 | 95 | 18.7 | $460K | +2.5% | #959 of 2,378 |
| 10Ascension Parish, LA | 55 | 110 | 23.1 | $429K | +6.4% | #971 of 2,378 |
| 42Avoyelles Parish, LA | 30 | 27 | 18.7 | $408K | −4.3% | #2,007 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Avoyelles Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Avoyelles Parish, LA?
Avoyelles Parish has 27 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) 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. Another 52 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Avoyelles Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11M a year, or $763 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $408K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,441 households in Avoyelles Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Avoyelles Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Avoyelles Parish has 18.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $408K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Avoyelles Parish would have about 25, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,032 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Avoyelles Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Avoyelles Parish at 37,941 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,441 households. The median household income in Avoyelles Parish is $39,325 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 2.0% 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. Avoyelles Parish scores 30 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,007 of 2,378 scored counties.
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