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Auto repair shops in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #329 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 764
- 110 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 301
- −1.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $290.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $729 a household
- Spending per listing
- $380K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.2
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,849
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #329 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area comes to about $290.6M a year: $729 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 764 auto repair shops, that is $380K per shop, 14% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 764 auto repair shops on map listings in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area as of September 2026. 110 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 19.2 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 301 businesses with payroll in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, down 1.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,324 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $4M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the New Orleans-Metairie metro area 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 | New Orleans-Metairie metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.2 | 21.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $380K | $374K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,324 | 1,164 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.3% | +2.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $729 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,655 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 301−1.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,840
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $93M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 786Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 764110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 654The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the New Orleans-Metairie metro 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 New Orleans-Metairie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 970,849−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 398,564
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 2,359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 416
- Median household income
- $62,655
- Average household income
- $91,916
- Median home value
- $260,200
- Jobs located here
- 463,433
- Daytime population
- 1,032,273Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the New Orleans-Metairie metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 54 | 223 | 21.2 | $437K | +5.3% | #170 of 387 |
| 2Hammond, LA | 40 | 129 | 24.8 | $337K | +5.8% | #280 of 387 |
| 3Baton Rouge, LA | 35 | 736 | 22.1 | $380K | +2.1% | #304 of 387 |
| 4Lake Charles, LA | 34 | 202 | 21.9 | $390K | −3.8% | #311 of 387 |
| 5Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 33 | 329 | 20.9 | $379K | −2.3% | #317 of 387 |
| 6Lafayette, LA | 33 | 395 | 24.0 | $333K | +3.8% | #320 of 387 |
| 7Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 31 | 160 | 20.0 | $417K | −3.5% | #325 of 387 |
| 8New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 31 | 764 | 19.2 | $380K | −3.4% | #329 of 387 |
| 9Monroe, LA | 24 | 203 | 23.3 | $338K | −1.9% | #356 of 387 |
| 10Alexandria, LA | 24 | 146 | 25.9 | $309K | −2.5% | #358 of 387 |
Other business types in the New Orleans-Metairie metro 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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 764 auto repair shops in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. 110 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 301 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 1.3% from 2019. Another 786 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $290.6M a year, or $729 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 764 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $380K 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 398,564 households in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 19.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $380K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area would have about 654, against 764 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,324 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New Orleans-Metairie metro area at 970,849 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 398,564 households. Median household income in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area is $62,655, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The New Orleans-Metairie metro area scores 31 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #329 of 387 scored metro areas.
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