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Auto repair shops in Hickman County, TN

How Hickman 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #411 of 2,378 scored counties
#32 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
16
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,094 a household
Spending per listing
$645K
45% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.0
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,219
+5.0% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Hickman County comes to about $10.3M a year: $1,094 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Spread across 16 auto repair shops, that is $645K per shop, 45% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Hickman County has 16 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.0, 21% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Hickman County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 786 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 41 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hickman County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Hickman County is 68 (upper middle), #411 of 2,378 scored counties and #32 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Hickman 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 Hickman County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureHickman CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.020.121.5
Spending per listing$645K$470K$445K
Households per official establishment7861,252955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,094$944$958
Median household income$68,247$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6867

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 12
Employees, 2023
56
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
41Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
160 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Hickman 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 Hickman County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,219+5.0% since 2020
Households
9,435
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
613 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$68,247+56.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,308
Median home value
$224,100
Jobs located here
4,018
Daytime population
20,397Residents 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 Hickman 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
32Hickman County, TN681617.0$645K+5.0%#411 of 2,378

Other business types in Hickman County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 auto repair shops in Hickman County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 41 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Hickman County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $10.3M a year, or $1,094 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $645K 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 9,435 households in Hickman County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hickman County has 17.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $645K, 45% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Hickman County would have about 23, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 786 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Hickman County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Hickman County at 26,219 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,435 households. Median household income in Hickman County is $68,247, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 56.5%, 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. Hickman County scores 68 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #411 of 2,378 scored counties.

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