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Auto repair and car care businesses in Sitka City and Borough, AK

How Sitka City and 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

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
7
2 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $920 a household
Spending per listing
$452K
68% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.3
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,319
−1.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 auto repair and car care businesses in Sitka City and Borough. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 29%, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 20.3 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Sitka City and Borough comes to about $3.2M a year: $920 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $452K per business, 68% above the U.S. figure of $269K.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Sitka City and Borough in 2023. That is one for every 1,147 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $585K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Sitka City and Borough.

Population estimates show Sitka City and Borough declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Sitka City and 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.

Auto repair and car care in Sitka City and Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureSitka City and BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.334.735.7
Spending per listing$452K$300K$269K
Households per official establishment1,147681681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.0%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$920$1,043$958
Median household income$101,727$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$758K
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
72 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$585K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Sitka City and 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 Sitka City and Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
8,319−1.3% since 2020
Households
3,440
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,870 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$101,727
Average household income
$110,277
Median home value
$450,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair and car care across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Sitka City and Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK7216340.9$305K+10.4%#319 of 2,401
2Juneau City and Borough, AK633728.1$361K−1.8%#608 of 2,401
3Bethel Census Area, AK58510.4$368K−1.5%#819 of 2,401
4Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK5710442.7$269K+5.1%#891 of 2,401
5Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK561729.7$325K−2.6%#914 of 2,401
6Anchorage Municipality, AK5437934.9$302K−1.3%#1,022 of 2,401
7Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK4713336.6$295K−1.4%#1,323 of 2,401
8North Slope Borough, AK27521.9$268K−3.8%#2,101 of 2,401
9Kodiak Island Borough, AK261940.9$236K−5.0%#2,132 of 2,401
Sitka City and Borough, AKNot scored720.3$452K−1.3%

Other business types in Sitka City and Borough

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Sitka City and Borough, AK?

There are 7 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Sitka City and Borough as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Sitka City and Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $3.2M a year, or $920 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $452K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,440 households in Sitka City and Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sitka City and Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?

Sitka City and Borough has 20.3 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $452K, 68% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Sitka City and Borough would have about 12, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,147 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.

How fast is Sitka City and Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Sitka City and Borough at 8,319 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,440 households. Median household income in Sitka City and Borough is $101,727, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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