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Auto repair shops in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,216 of 2,378 scored counties
#49 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 134
- 23 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- +10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $784 a household
- Spending per listing
- $286K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.4
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Rapides Parish has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,216 of 2,378 scored counties and #49 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Rapides Parish comes to about $38.4M a year: $784 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 134 auto repair shops, that is $286K per shop, 36% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Rapides Parish has 134 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 23 are chain locations, or 17%, against 16% across the U.S. That is 27.4 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 44 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,113 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates show Rapides Parish declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.4 | 21.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $286K | $374K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,113 | 1,164 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.0% | +2.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $784 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 44+10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 243
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 116Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13423 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 86The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Rapides Parish marked.
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 |
| 49Rapides Parish, LA | 22 | 134 | 27.4 | $286K | −2.9% | #2,216 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Rapides Parish
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 Rapides Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 134 auto repair shops in Rapides Parish. 23 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. Official counts list 116 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $38.4M a year, or $784 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 134 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $286K 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Rapides Parish has 27.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $286K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 86, against 134 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,113 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 22 for auto repair shops (low), #2,216 of 2,378 scored counties.
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