Auto · Small-town market · Tennessee
Auto repair shops in the Cookeville, TN area
How the Cookeville, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #124 of 538 scored small-town markets
#10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 131
- 13 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- +5.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $56.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $964 a household
- Spending per listing
- $432K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 152,477
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Cookeville area comes to about $56.6M a year: $964 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $432K per shop, 3% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
The Cookeville area has 131 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 10%, against 16% across the U.S. That is 22.3 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in the Cookeville area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 5.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,012 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 178 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $745K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Cookeville area.
Population estimates show the Cookeville area grew 7.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Cookeville area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #124 of 538 scored small-town markets and #10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Cookeville area compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Cookeville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.3 | 20.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $432K | $470K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,012 | 1,252 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.7% | +4.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $964 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $55,380 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58+5.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 381
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 178Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 127The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $745K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Cookeville 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 Cookeville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 152,477+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,693
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,520 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $55,380
- Average household income
- $75,930
- Median home value
- $237,000
- Jobs located here
- 55,382
- Daytime population
- 142,620Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Cookeville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Winchester, TN | 85 | 27 | 15.5 | $642K | +6.4% | #9 of 538 |
| 2Athens, TN | 81 | 55 | 20.8 | $495K | +8.2% | #21 of 538 |
| 3Newport, TN | 77 | 27 | 17.4 | $526K | +5.1% | #31 of 538 |
| 4Fayetteville, TN | 76 | 30 | 20.2 | $516K | +4.3% | #37 of 538 |
| 5Lewisburg, TN | 74 | 33 | 24.2 | $433K | +10.5% | #48 of 538 |
| 6Crossville, TN | 72 | 53 | 18.8 | $487K | +8.0% | #60 of 538 |
| 7Greeneville, TN | 72 | 59 | 20.8 | $465K | +5.0% | #61 of 538 |
| 8Sevierville, TN | 67 | 85 | 21.1 | $473K | +2.5% | #97 of 538 |
| 9Shelbyville, TN | 67 | 50 | 25.6 | $433K | +9.7% | #100 of 538 |
| 10Cookeville, TN | 64 | 131 | 22.3 | $432K | +7.6% | #124 of 538 |
Other business types in the Cookeville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Cookeville, TN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 131 auto repair shops in the Cookeville area. 13 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 5.7% from 2019. Official counts list 178 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cookeville, TN area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $56.6M a year, or $964 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 131 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $432K 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 58,693 households in the Cookeville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cookeville, TN area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Cookeville area has 22.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $432K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Cookeville area would have about 127, against 131 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,012 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Cookeville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Cookeville area at 152,477 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,693 households. Median household income in the Cookeville area is $55,380, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Cookeville area scores 64 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #124 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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