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Auto repair shops in Dyer County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Dyer County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,644 of 2,378 scored counties
#77 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 27
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $442K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.3
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,320
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Dyer County comes to about $11.9M a year: $807 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 auto repair shops, that is $442K per shop, in line with the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Dyer County has 27 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 18.3 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Dyer County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 1,136 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 48 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Dyer County.
Population estimates put the population change in Dyer County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Dyer County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,644 of 2,378 scored counties and #77 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Dyer County 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 | Dyer County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.3 | 20.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $442K | $470K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,136 | 1,252 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $807 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $58,154 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 48Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 275 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Dyer 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 Dyer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,320−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,769
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 512 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $58,154+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,907
- Median home value
- $166,400
- Jobs located here
- 15,590
- Daytime population
- 36,284Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, TN | 89 | 10 | 12.6 | $865K | +8.1% | #28 of 2,378 |
| 2Williamson County, TN | 89 | 127 | 13.8 | $829K | +9.0% | #29 of 2,378 |
| 3Loudon County, TN | 85 | 44 | 18.3 | $604K | +15.6% | #52 of 2,378 |
| 4Morgan County, TN | 84 | 7 | 9.7 | $1.1M | +5.3% | #54 of 2,378 |
| 5Bledsoe County, TN | 84 | 5 | 10.3 | $1M | +6.5% | #55 of 2,378 |
| 6Fayette County, TN | 83 | 31 | 18.0 | $608K | +7.7% | #73 of 2,378 |
| 7Jefferson County, TN | 81 | 33 | 15.1 | $669K | +9.3% | #102 of 2,378 |
| 8Cheatham County, TN | 80 | 28 | 17.2 | $660K | +4.1% | #114 of 2,378 |
| 9Franklin County, TN | 80 | 27 | 15.5 | $642K | +6.4% | #116 of 2,378 |
| 10Polk County, TN | 80 | 14 | 18.9 | $592K | +5.9% | #120 of 2,378 |
| 77Dyer County, TN | 40 | 27 | 18.3 | $442K | −1.1% | #1,644 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Dyer County
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 Dyer County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 auto repair shops in Dyer County. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 48 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dyer County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.9M a year, or $807 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $442K 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 14,769 households in Dyer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dyer County, TN compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Dyer County has 18.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $442K, in line with the U.S. figure of $445K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,136 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Dyer County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Dyer County at 36,320 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,769 households. Median household income in Dyer County is $58,154, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Dyer County scores 40 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,644 of 2,378 scored counties.
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