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Auto repair shops in Plaquemines Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Plaquemines Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,420 of 2,378 scored counties
#23 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $941 a household
Spending per listing
$703K
58% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.4
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,256
−5.3% 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

Households in Plaquemines Parish spend about $7.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $941 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $703K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 58% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Plaquemines Parish has 11 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 13.4 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Plaquemines Parish classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 685 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.1M has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Plaquemines Parish.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Plaquemines Parish declined 5.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Plaquemines Parish has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,420 of 2,378 scored counties and #23 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasurePlaquemines ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.421.421.5
Spending per listing$703K$374K$445K
Households per official establishment6851,164955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.7%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$941$802$958
Median household income$86,315$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4529

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 12
Employees, 2023
59
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Plaquemines 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 Plaquemines Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
22,256−5.3% since 2020
Households
8,218
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
781 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$86,315+50.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,930
Median home value
$282,900
Jobs located here
11,184
Daytime population
24,508Residents 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 Plaquemines 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
23Plaquemines Parish, LA451113.4$703K−5.3%#1,420 of 2,378

Other business types in Plaquemines Parish

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 auto repair shops in Plaquemines Parish. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $7.7M a year, or $941 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $703K 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 8,218 households in Plaquemines Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Plaquemines Parish has 13.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $703K, 58% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Plaquemines Parish would have about 17, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 685 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Plaquemines Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Plaquemines Parish at 22,256 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,218 households. Median household income in Plaquemines Parish is $86,315, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.9%, 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. Plaquemines Parish scores 45 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,420 of 2,378 scored counties.

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