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Auto repair shops in Weakley County, TN

How Weakley 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,015 of 2,378 scored counties
#85 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
32
3 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $902 a household
Spending per listing
$377K
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.9
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,261
+1.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Weakley County is 30 (lower middle), #2,015 of 2,378 scored counties and #85 of 86 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 auto repair shops in Weakley County. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 23.9 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Weakley County comes to about $12.1M a year: $902 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $377K per shop, 15% 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.

Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Weakley County in 2023. That is one for every 704 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Weakley County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Weakley County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Weakley 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 Weakley County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureWeakley CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.920.121.5
Spending per listing$377K$470K$445K
Households per official establishment7041,252955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$902$944$958
Median household income$51,880$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score3067

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 19
Employees, 2023
60
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
31Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
323 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
33,261+1.1% since 2020
Households
13,384
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
580 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$51,880+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,337
Median home value
$151,200
Jobs located here
11,085
Daytime population
30,829Residents 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 Weakley 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
85Weakley County, TN303223.9$377K+1.1%#2,015 of 2,378

Other business types in Weakley County

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

Questions

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

There are 32 auto repair shops on map listings in Weakley County as of September 2026. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $12.1M a year, or $902 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $377K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,384 households in Weakley County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Weakley County has 23.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $377K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Weakley County would have about 27, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 704 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Weakley County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Weakley County at 33,261 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,384 households. The median household income in Weakley County is $51,880 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. 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. Weakley County scores 30 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,015 of 2,378 scored counties.

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