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Auto repair shops in Polk County, TN
The auto repair shops in Polk County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #120 of 2,378 scored counties
#10 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,117 a household
- Spending per listing
- $592K
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.9
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,592
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
Polk County scores 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #120 of 2,378 scored counties and #10 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Polk County comes to about $8.3M a year: $1,117 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 14 auto repair shops, that is $592K per shop, 33% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Polk County has 14 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.9, 12% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for mechanical, body and glass repair in Polk County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Polk County grew 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Polk 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 | Polk County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.9 | 20.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $592K | $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 | +5.9% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,117 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,522 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 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
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,592+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,424
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $62,522+44.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,888
- Median home value
- $169,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,324
- Daytime population
- 13,260Residents 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 |
Other business types in Polk 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 Polk County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 auto repair shops in Polk County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Polk County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Polk County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.3M a year, or $1,117 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $592K 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 7,424 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, TN compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Polk County has 18.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $592K, 33% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Polk County would have about 19, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Polk County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 18,592 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,424 households. Median household income in Polk County is $62,522, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.4%, 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. Polk County scores 80 for auto repair shops (high), #120 of 2,378 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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