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Auto repair and car care businesses in Kodiak Island Borough, AK
How Kodiak Island Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,132 of 2,401 scored counties
#9 of 9 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 19
- 5 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $965 a household
- Spending per listing
- $236K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.9
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,387
- −5.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in Kodiak Island Borough is 26 (lower middle), #2,132 of 2,401 scored counties and #9 of 9 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 auto repair and car care businesses in Kodiak Island Borough. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 40.9 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
At $965 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Kodiak Island Borough spend about $4.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $236K of household spending for each business on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Kodiak Island Borough classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. That is one for every 516 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Kodiak Island Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Kodiak Island Borough 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 | Kodiak Island Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.9 | 34.7 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $236K | $300K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 516 | 681 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.0% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $965 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $86,250 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 195 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Kodiak Island Borough, 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 Kodiak Island Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,387−5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,640
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 6,690 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $86,250+0.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,824
- Median home value
- $412,300
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Kodiak Island Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 72 | 163 | 40.9 | $305K | +10.4% | #319 of 2,401 |
| 2Juneau City and Borough, AK | 63 | 37 | 28.1 | $361K | −1.8% | #608 of 2,401 |
| 3Bethel Census Area, AK | 58 | 5 | 10.4 | $368K | −1.5% | #819 of 2,401 |
| 4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 57 | 104 | 42.7 | $269K | +5.1% | #891 of 2,401 |
| 5Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 56 | 17 | 29.7 | $325K | −2.6% | #914 of 2,401 |
| 6Anchorage Municipality, AK | 54 | 379 | 34.9 | $302K | −1.3% | #1,022 of 2,401 |
| 7Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 47 | 133 | 36.6 | $295K | −1.4% | #1,323 of 2,401 |
| 8North Slope Borough, AK | 27 | 5 | 21.9 | $268K | −3.8% | #2,101 of 2,401 |
| 9Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 26 | 19 | 40.9 | $236K | −5.0% | #2,132 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Kodiak Island Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Kodiak Island Borough, AK?
Kodiak Island Borough has 19 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Kodiak Island Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.5M 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 19 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $236K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,640 households in Kodiak Island Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kodiak Island Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Kodiak Island Borough has 40.9 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $236K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Kodiak Island Borough would have about 17, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 516 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Kodiak Island Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kodiak Island Borough at 12,387 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,640 households. Median household income in Kodiak Island Borough is $86,250, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 0.5%, 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. Kodiak Island Borough scores 26 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #2,132 of 2,401 scored counties.
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