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Auto repair shops in Livingston Parish, LA

How Livingston 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #473 of 2,378 scored counties
#1 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
96
12 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
42
+13.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$49.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $917 a household
Spending per listing
$512K
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.9
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
155,036
+8.5% 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 96 auto repair shops in Livingston Parish. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 13%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 17.9 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Livingston Parish comes to about $49.1M a year: $917 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $512K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 15% above 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 42 businesses with payroll in Livingston Parish classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,276 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 166 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Livingston Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Livingston Parish has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #473 of 2,378 scored counties and #1 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Livingston 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 Livingston Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureLivingston ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.921.421.5
Spending per listing$512K$374K$445K
Households per official establishment1,2761,164955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.5%+2.7%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$917$802$958
Median household income$80,122$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score6729

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
37 → 42+13.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
174
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
166Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9612 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
111The 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 Livingston 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 Livingston Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
155,036+8.5% since 2020
Households
53,596
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
648 sq. mi.
People per square mile
229
Median household income
$80,122+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,408
Median home value
$230,600
Jobs located here
31,799
Daytime population
114,602Residents 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 Livingston 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

Other business types in Livingston Parish

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

Questions

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

Livingston Parish has 96 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 13.5% from 2019. Official counts list 166 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $49.1M a year, or $917 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 96 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $512K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 53,596 households in Livingston Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Livingston Parish has 17.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $512K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Livingston Parish would have about 111, against 96 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,276 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Livingston Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Livingston Parish at 155,036 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 53,596 households. The median household income in Livingston Parish is $80,122 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.4% 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. Livingston Parish scores 67 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #473 of 2,378 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for auto repair shops · All 56 business types in Livingston Parish

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