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Auto repair shops in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area
The auto repair shops in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #317 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 329
- 61 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 118
- +5.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $124.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $793 a household
- Spending per listing
- $379K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.9
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 383,474
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Shreveport-Bossier City metro area scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #317 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 329 auto repair shops in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area. 61 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 20.9 for every 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area comes to about $124.6M a year: $793 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 329 auto repair shops, that is $379K per shop, 15% below 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 118 businesses with payroll in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,331 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Shreveport-Bossier City 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 | Shreveport-Bossier City metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.9 | 21.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $379K | $374K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,331 | 1,164 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.6% | +2.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $793 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $55,925 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 118+5.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 703
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 359Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32961 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 280The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Shreveport-Bossier City 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 Shreveport-Bossier City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 383,474−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 157,101
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,596 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 149
- Median household income
- $55,925+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,202
- Median home value
- $191,600
- Jobs located here
- 164,574
- Daytime population
- 392,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Shreveport-Bossier City 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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area?
There are 329 auto repair shops on map listings in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area as of September 2026. 61 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 118 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 5.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 359 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $124.6M a year, or $793 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 329 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $379K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 157,101 households in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Shreveport-Bossier City metro area has 20.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $379K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area would have about 280, against 329 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,331 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area at 383,474 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 157,101 households. The median household income in the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area is $55,925 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.5% 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. The Shreveport-Bossier City metro area scores 33 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #317 of 387 scored metro areas.
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