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Auto repair shops in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area
How the Tullahoma-Manchester, 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #240 of 538 scored small-town markets
#13 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 64
- 6 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- +23.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $24.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $937 a household
- Spending per listing
- $378K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.8
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,339
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $937 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Tullahoma-Manchester area spend about $24.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $378K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 64 auto repair shops on map listings in the Tullahoma-Manchester area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.8, 15% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in the Tullahoma-Manchester area classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 23.8% from 2019. That is one for every 957 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 77 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Tullahoma-Manchester area grew 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Tullahoma-Manchester area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #240 of 538 scored small-town markets and #13 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Tullahoma-Manchester 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 | Tullahoma-Manchester area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.8 | 20.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $378K | $470K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 957 | 1,252 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +23.8% | +4.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $937 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,285 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27+23.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 77Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 646 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The 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 Tullahoma-Manchester 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 Tullahoma-Manchester area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,339+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 25,836
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 558 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 119
- Median household income
- $62,285
- Average household income
- $77,589
- Median home value
- $251,500
- Jobs located here
- 28,313
- Daytime population
- 67,636Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Tullahoma-Manchester area marked.
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 |
| 13Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 54 | 64 | 24.8 | $378K | +7.3% | #240 of 538 |
Other business types in the Tullahoma-Manchester area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 64 auto repair shops in the Tullahoma-Manchester area. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 23.8% from 2019. Official counts list 77 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $24.2M a year, or $937 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $378K 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 25,836 households in the Tullahoma-Manchester area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Tullahoma-Manchester area has 24.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $378K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Tullahoma-Manchester area would have about 55, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 957 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Tullahoma-Manchester area at 69,339 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,836 households. Median household income in the Tullahoma-Manchester area is $62,285, 23% 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. 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 Tullahoma-Manchester area scores 54 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #240 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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