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Auto repair shops in Haywood County, TN
The auto repair shops in Haywood County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #928 of 2,378 scored counties
#62 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $867 a household
- Spending per listing
- $690K
- 55% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.6
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,042
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 auto repair shops in Haywood County. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.6, 41% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Households in Haywood County spend about $6.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $867 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $690K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 55% 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 6 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Haywood County in 2023. That is one for every 1,195 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Haywood County declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Haywood County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #928 of 2,378 scored counties and #62 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Haywood 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 | Haywood County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.6 | 20.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $690K | $470K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,195 | 1,252 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $867 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $50,472 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $772K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Haywood 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 Haywood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,042−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,167
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 533 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $50,472+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,310
- Median home value
- $152,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,537
- Daytime population
- 15,476Residents 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 |
| 62Haywood County, TN | 55 | 9 | 12.6 | $690K | −4.4% | #928 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Haywood 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 Haywood County, TN?
Haywood County has 9 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Haywood County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.2M a year, or $867 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $690K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,167 households in Haywood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Haywood County, TN compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Haywood County has 12.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $690K, 55% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Haywood County would have about 14, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,195 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Haywood County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Haywood County at 17,042 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,167 households. The median household income in Haywood County is $50,472 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.2% 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. Haywood County scores 55 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #928 of 2,378 scored counties.
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