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Auto repair shops in Sabine Parish, LA
How Sabine 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,263 of 2,378 scored counties
#20 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $872 a household
- Spending per listing
- $547K
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.9
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,834
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 auto repair shops in Sabine Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 15.9 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $872 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Sabine Parish spend about $7.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $547K per shop, 23% 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 9 businesses with payroll in Sabine Parish classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 976 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Sabine Parish declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Sabine Parish scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,263 of 2,378 scored counties and #20 of 54 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Sabine 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 | Sabine Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.9 | 21.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $547K | $374K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 976 | 1,164 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $872 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $50,329 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sabine 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 Sabine Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,834−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 8,785
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 867 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $50,329+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,912
- Median home value
- $123,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,730
- Daytime population
- 19,413Residents 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 Sabine 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 |
| 20Sabine Parish, LA | 48 | 14 | 15.9 | $547K | −1.2% | #1,263 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Sabine 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 Sabine Parish, LA?
Sabine Parish has 14 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sabine Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $7.7M a year, or $872 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $547K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,785 households in Sabine Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sabine Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Sabine Parish has 15.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $547K, 23% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Sabine Parish would have about 17, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 976 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Sabine Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Sabine Parish at 21,834 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,785 households. The median household income in Sabine Parish is $50,329 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Sabine Parish scores 48 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,263 of 2,378 scored counties.
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