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Auto repair shops in Charleston County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Charleston County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #811 of 2,378 scored counties
#15 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 331
- 89 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 165
- +4.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $157.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $882 a household
- Spending per listing
- $477K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 436,200
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 331 auto repair shops in Charleston County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.5, 14% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Charleston County comes to about $157.8M a year: $882 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $477K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 7% 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.
Official counts show 165 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Charleston County in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,085 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 209 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $6.1M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Charleston County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Charleston County grew 6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Charleston County is 58 (upper middle), #811 of 2,378 scored counties and #15 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Charleston 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 | Charleston County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 20.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $477K | $435K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,085 | 1,161 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.4% | +5.9% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $882 | $907 | $958 |
| Median household income | $88,494 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 158 → 165+4.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,135
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $70.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 209Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 33189 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 355The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $6.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Charleston 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 Charleston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 436,200+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 178,975
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 918 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 458
- Median household income
- $88,494+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,674
- Median home value
- $489,100
- Jobs located here
- 279,531
- Daytime population
- 508,326Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Charleston County marked.
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 |
| 15Charleston County, SC | 58 | 331 | 18.5 | $477K | +6.4% | #811 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Charleston 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 Charleston County, SC?
Charleston County has 331 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 89 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 165 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 209 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Charleston County, SC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $157.8M a year, or $882 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 331 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $477K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 178,975 households in Charleston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Charleston County, SC compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Charleston County has 18.5 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $477K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Charleston County would have about 355, against 331 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,085 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Charleston County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Charleston County at 436,200 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 178,975 households. The median household income in Charleston County is $88,494 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.2% 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. Charleston County scores 58 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #811 of 2,378 scored counties.
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