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Auto repair shops in Houston County, TN
How Houston County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,001 a household
- Spending per listing
- $336K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.8
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,479
- +2.2% since 2020
See the auto repair shops around any address in Houston County
The site report maps the auto repair shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Houston County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Households in Houston County spend about $3.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,001 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $336K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 10 auto repair shops on map listings in Houston County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.8, 39% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for mechanical, body and glass repair in Houston County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $48K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Houston County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Houston County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Houston 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 | Houston County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.8 | 20.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $336K | $470K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,252 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,001 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $59,576 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $48K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Houston 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 Houston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,479+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 3,353
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 200 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $59,576
- Average household income
- $74,463
- Median home value
- $172,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,311
- Daytime population
- 6,640Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Houston County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the auto repair shops on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Houston County marked.
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 |
| Houston County, TN | Not scored | 10 | 29.8 | $336K | +2.2% |
Other business types in Houston County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Houston County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 auto repair shops in Houston County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Houston County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Houston County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.4M a year, or $1,001 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $336K 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 3,353 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houston County, TN compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Houston County has 29.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $336K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Houston County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Houston County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Houston County at 8,479 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,353 households. Median household income in Houston County is $59,576, 26% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Houston County. It maps the auto repair shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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