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Auto repair shops in Anderson County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Anderson County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,359 of 2,378 scored counties
#29 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 224
- 25 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 82
- +10.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $79.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $944 a household
- Spending per listing
- $354K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 26.7
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 219,930
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Anderson County comes to about $79.2M a year: $944 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 224 auto repair shops, that is $354K per shop, 20% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Anderson County has 224 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 26.7 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Anderson County was 82 in 2023, up 10.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,023 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 250 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Anderson County.
Population estimates put the population change in Anderson County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Anderson County is 47 (lower middle), #1,359 of 2,378 scored counties and #29 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Anderson County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Anderson County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 26.7 | 20.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $354K | $435K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,023 | 1,161 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.8% | +5.9% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $944 | $907 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,651 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 74 → 82+10.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 385
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 250Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22425 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 178The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Anderson County, 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 Anderson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 219,930+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 83,904
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 295
- Median household income
- $66,651+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,043
- Median home value
- $231,900
- Jobs located here
- 74,539
- Daytime population
- 189,213Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Edgefield County, SC | 82 | 15 | 15.4 | $659K | +16.1% | #85 of 2,378 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 80 | 142 | 15.2 | $625K | +18.7% | #118 of 2,378 |
| 3Abbeville County, SC | 76 | 12 | 12.3 | $779K | +2.3% | #186 of 2,378 |
| 4Beaufort County, SC | 74 | 126 | 15.3 | $586K | +8.9% | #234 of 2,378 |
| 5Aiken County, SC | 73 | 124 | 17.7 | $546K | +7.3% | #271 of 2,378 |
| 6Georgetown County, SC | 70 | 43 | 15.9 | $578K | +3.8% | #339 of 2,378 |
| 7Oconee County, SC | 69 | 65 | 18.8 | $521K | +6.3% | #383 of 2,378 |
| 8Dorchester County, SC | 68 | 121 | 19.2 | $498K | +10.1% | #432 of 2,378 |
| 9York County, SC | 68 | 231 | 20.3 | $493K | +8.1% | #434 of 2,378 |
| 10Saluda County, SC | 66 | 16 | 20.9 | $486K | +4.1% | #504 of 2,378 |
| 29Anderson County, SC | 47 | 224 | 26.7 | $354K | +7.7% | #1,359 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Anderson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Anderson County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 224 auto repair shops in Anderson County. 25 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 82 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 10.8% from 2019. Another 250 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Anderson County, SC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $79.2M a year, or $944 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 224 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $354K 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 83,904 households in Anderson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anderson County, SC compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Anderson County has 26.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $354K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Anderson County would have about 178, against 224 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,023 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Anderson County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Anderson County at 219,930 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,904 households. Median household income in Anderson County is $66,651, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Anderson County scores 47 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,359 of 2,378 scored counties.
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