Auto · Small-town market · Tennessee
Auto repair shops in the Shelbyville, TN area
How the Shelbyville, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #100 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 50
- 5 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,110 a household
- Spending per listing
- $433K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.6
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 55,273
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 50 auto repair shops in the Shelbyville area. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.6, 19% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Shelbyville area comes to about $21.7M a year: $1,110 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 50 auto repair shops, that is $433K per shop, 3% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Shelbyville area was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 887 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 58 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Shelbyville area grew 9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, the Shelbyville area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #100 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Shelbyville area 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 | Shelbyville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.6 | 20.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $433K | $470K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 887 | 1,252 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,110 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,225 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22
- Employees, 2023
- 107
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 58Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 505 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 the Shelbyville area, 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 the Shelbyville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 55,273+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 19,505
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $67,225+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,190
- Median home value
- $281,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,181
- Daytime population
- 45,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Winchester, TN | 85 | 27 | 15.5 | $642K | +6.4% | #9 of 538 |
| 2Athens, TN | 81 | 55 | 20.8 | $495K | +8.2% | #21 of 538 |
| 3Newport, TN | 77 | 27 | 17.4 | $526K | +5.1% | #31 of 538 |
| 4Fayetteville, TN | 76 | 30 | 20.2 | $516K | +4.3% | #37 of 538 |
| 5Lewisburg, TN | 74 | 33 | 24.2 | $433K | +10.5% | #48 of 538 |
| 6Crossville, TN | 72 | 53 | 18.8 | $487K | +8.0% | #60 of 538 |
| 7Greeneville, TN | 72 | 59 | 20.8 | $465K | +5.0% | #61 of 538 |
| 8Sevierville, TN | 67 | 85 | 21.1 | $473K | +2.5% | #97 of 538 |
| 9Shelbyville, TN | 67 | 50 | 25.6 | $433K | +9.7% | #100 of 538 |
| 10Cookeville, TN | 64 | 131 | 22.3 | $432K | +7.6% | #124 of 538 |
Other business types in the Shelbyville area
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 the Shelbyville, TN area?
The Shelbyville area has 50 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 58 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Shelbyville, TN area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $21.7M a year, or $1,110 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $433K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,505 households in the Shelbyville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Shelbyville, TN area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Shelbyville area has 25.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $433K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Shelbyville area would have about 49, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 887 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Shelbyville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Shelbyville area at 55,273 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,505 households. The median household income in the Shelbyville area is $67,225 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Shelbyville area scores 67 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #100 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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