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Auto repair shops in Henry County, TN

How Henry County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,742 of 2,378 scored counties
#80 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
31
2 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $880 a household
Spending per listing
$382K
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.0
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,896
+2.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 31 auto repair shops in Henry County. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 23.0 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Henry County comes to about $11.8M a year: $880 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $382K per shop, 14% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Henry County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 897 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 $40K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Henry County.

Population estimates put the population change in Henry County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Henry County is 38 (lower middle), #1,742 of 2,378 scored counties and #80 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Henry 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.

Auto repair shops in Henry County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureHenry CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.020.121.5
Spending per listing$382K$470K$445K
Households per official establishment8971,252955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$880$944$958
Median household income$50,613$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score3867

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 15
Employees, 2023
86
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
48Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
312 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
$40K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Henry 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 Henry County

Population, 2025 estimate
32,896+2.3% since 2020
Households
13,452
Median age
46.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
562 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$50,613+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,597
Median home value
$160,200
Jobs located here
11,204
Daytime population
30,134Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Henry County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, TN891012.6$865K+8.1%#28 of 2,378
2Williamson County, TN8912713.8$829K+9.0%#29 of 2,378
3Loudon County, TN854418.3$604K+15.6%#52 of 2,378
4Morgan County, TN8479.7$1.1M+5.3%#54 of 2,378
5Bledsoe County, TN84510.3$1M+6.5%#55 of 2,378
6Fayette County, TN833118.0$608K+7.7%#73 of 2,378
7Jefferson County, TN813315.1$669K+9.3%#102 of 2,378
8Cheatham County, TN802817.2$660K+4.1%#114 of 2,378
9Franklin County, TN802715.5$642K+6.4%#116 of 2,378
10Polk County, TN801418.9$592K+5.9%#120 of 2,378
80Henry County, TN383123.0$382K+2.3%#1,742 of 2,378

Other business types in Henry County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Henry County, TN?

Henry County has 31 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 15 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 Henry County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $11.8M a year, or $880 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $382K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,452 households in Henry County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Henry County, TN compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Henry County has 23.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $382K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Henry County would have about 27, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 897 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Henry County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Henry County at 32,896 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,452 households. The median household income in Henry County is $50,613 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Henry County scores 38 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,742 of 2,378 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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