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Auto repair and car care businesses in the Ketchikan, AK area
The auto repair and car care businesses in the Ketchikan, AK area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #148 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska
- Listings
- 17
- 2 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $965 a household
- Spending per listing
- $325K
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.7
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,549
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 auto repair and car care businesses in the Ketchikan area. Chain locations make up 12% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 29.7 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
At $965 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Ketchikan area spend about $5.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 17 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $325K per business, 21% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Ketchikan area classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 819 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Ketchikan area declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in the Ketchikan area is 63 (upper middle), #148 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Alaska.
How the Ketchikan area compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair and car care businesses 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 | Ketchikan area | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.7 | 34.7 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $325K | $300K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 819 | 681 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.0% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $965 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $92,885 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $985K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Ketchikan 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 Ketchikan area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,549−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,732
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 4,857 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,287
- Median home value
- $393,300
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Juneau, AK | 69 | 37 | 28.1 | $361K | −1.8% | #84 of 538 |
| 2Ketchikan, AK | 63 | 17 | 29.7 | $325K | −2.6% | #148 of 538 |
Other business types in the Ketchikan area
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Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in the Ketchikan, AK area?
There are 17 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in the Ketchikan area as of September 2026. 2 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Ketchikan, AK area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.5M a year, or $965 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $325K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in the Ketchikan area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ketchikan, AK area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The Ketchikan area has 29.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $325K, 21% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, the Ketchikan area would have about 21, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 819 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ketchikan, AK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ketchikan area at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in the Ketchikan area is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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 Ketchikan area scores 63 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #148 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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