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Auto repair shops in Warren County, TN

How Warren 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #922 of 2,378 scored counties
#61 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
40
3 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $980 a household
Spending per listing
$397K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.7
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,717
+6.5% 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

At $980 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Warren County spend about $15.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $397K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 40 auto repair shops on map listings in Warren County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 24.7 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Warren County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,157 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 89 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $48K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Warren County.

Population estimates show Warren County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Warren County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #922 of 2,378 scored counties and #61 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Warren 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 Warren County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureWarren CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.720.121.5
Spending per listing$397K$470K$445K
Households per official establishment1,1571,252955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$980$944$958
Median household income$55,487$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5667

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 14
Employees, 2023
56
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
89Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
403 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$48K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Warren 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 Warren County

Population, 2025 estimate
43,717+6.5% since 2020
Households
16,203
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
433 sq. mi.
People per square mile
97
Median household income
$55,487+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,703
Median home value
$192,900
Jobs located here
12,649
Daytime population
36,573Residents 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 Warren 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
61Warren County, TN564024.7$397K+6.5%#922 of 2,378

Other business types in Warren County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 40 auto repair shops in Warren County. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 89 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $15.9M a year, or $980 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $397K 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 16,203 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Warren County has 24.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $397K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Warren County would have about 36, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,157 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Warren County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Warren County at 43,717 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,203 households. Median household income in Warren County is $55,487, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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. Warren County scores 56 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #922 of 2,378 scored counties.

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