Shelby County, TN had 331 automotive repair and maintenance establishments with paid staff in 2023 (County Business Patterns).
Equipment financing for an ADAS calibration kit, an A/C recovery machine, wheeled column lifts and a brake lathe with a parts washer, each an invented example. Anchoring a lift into the slab or plumbing a washer is property work outside this site.
At a glance
- Automotive repair and maintenance, Shelby County, TN
331 employer establishments (CBP 2023)
- Repair shops under five employees, Shelby County, TN
133, or 40.2% (CBP 2023)
- Auto repair with a ZIP 38017 address
19 establishments (ZBP 2023)
- Example terms on this page
24 to 60 months, all invented
Cash flow around an ADAS calibration kit for Collierville, TN repair shops
Cars with lane-keeping cameras and radar cruise control may need their driver-assistance sensors calibrated after a windshield replacement, an alignment or collision work. A shop that sends that step to another business waits on that business’s schedule; an in-house calibration frame with targets and a scan tool keeps the step in its own bay.
Illustration only, invented figures: a Collierville, TN repair shop finances an ADAS calibration kit priced at $24,350 over 48 months at a 10.3% annual rate. The invented monthly amount is $621.09; across four years that reaches an invented $29,812.32, $5,462.32 of it interest.
In this invented case the first payment is due about a month after delivery, so several weeks of calibration work are billed before the payment leaves the shop’s account. The frame and targets roll on casters and need floor space and a level surface, which keeps the request to equipment financing.
Replacing an A/C recovery machine at a Shelby County, TN auto repair shop
An A/C recovery and recharge machine pulls refrigerant out of a vehicle’s system, cleans it and charges the system back to its specified amount. When an older machine fails, air-conditioning jobs wait until it is replaced, and the replacement is a plug-in equipment item with a dealer quote.
Illustration only, invented figures: a Shelby County, TN auto repair shop replaces its A/C machine at $7,180, financed over 24 months at a 13.7% annual rate. That works out to an invented $343.72 a month; over the 24 invented months the shop pays $8,249.28, and $1,069.28 of it is interest.
A short term keeps the total interest small, at the cost of a higher monthly payment than a longer term on the same amount. If the shop chose to repair the old machine instead, the repair bill would be an operating cost that working capital could cover.
Wheeled column lifts for a Collierville, TN repair shop, kept apart from any floor work
Mobile column lifts are sets of wheeled columns that roll to a vehicle, lift it at each wheel and roll away again when the bay is needed for other work. Because they are not bolted to the floor, they are equipment a funding partner may finance and hold as security. A lift that has to be anchored into the slab brings in concrete and electrical work on the building, and that property work is outside this site.
Illustration only, invented figures: a Collierville, TN repair shop buys a set of four wheeled column lifts for $29,800 and finances it over 60 months at a 9.85% annual rate. Each invented payment is $630.96, the 60 of them come to $37,857.60, and interest accounts for $8,057.60.
Battery-powered columns need a charging point, and a partner may ask for the dealer’s quote showing the number of columns, their rated capacity and any charging station sold with them.
Technician tools on one request: a brake lathe and a parts washer for a Collierville, TN shop
Technician tools in a repair shop run from hand tools to shop equipment the business owns. A bench brake lathe that machines rotors and drums and a parts washer that cleans components before reassembly are shop equipment, and two items from one supplier can share one equipment request.
Illustration only, invented figures: a Collierville, TN shop prices a brake lathe at $9,215 and a parts washer at $2,860, an invented $12,075 together, financed over 30 months at a 14.15% annual rate. The invented bill each month is $480.22, and after thirty of them the shop has paid an invented $14,406.60, $2,331.60 of which is interest.
A parts washer that recirculates its own fluid plugs in like any other machine; one that needs a drain line or a water hookup brings in plumbing, which is property work outside this site. Smaller hand tools the shop buys can join the same quote when the supplier lists them.
Automotive repair and maintenance counts for Shelby County, TN and ZIP 38017
Automotive repair and maintenance (NAICS 8111) counted 331 employer establishments in Shelby County, TN in 2023 County Business Patterns. Of those, 133 (40.2%) had fewer than five employees, and the group reported 2,714 paid employees in the March pay period and $140.7 million of annual payroll across the county.
Nineteen automotive repair and maintenance establishments had ZIP 38017 locations in 2023, going by ZIP Code Business Patterns.
Nonemployer Statistics for 2024 counted 1,901 automotive repair and maintenance businesses in Shelby County, TN that had no paid employees, a separate Census count. All-sector ZIP 38017 figures are on the Collierville, TN page, and the industries page groups repair shops with retail stores and child day care.
By Baydale Funding Group · Updated