Auto · Small-town market · Massachusetts
Auto repair and car care businesses in the Nantucket, MA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair and car care businesses in the Nantucket, MA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #58 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 13
- 2 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,079 a household
- Spending per listing
- $436K
- 62% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.8
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 auto repair and car care businesses in the Nantucket area. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 24.8 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
At $1,079 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in the Nantucket area spend about $5.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 13 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $436K per business, 62% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Nantucket area in 2023. That is one for every 584 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Nantucket area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Nantucket area grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair and car care businesses, the Nantucket area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #58 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Nantucket area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Nantucket area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.8 | 29.7 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $436K | $283K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 584 | 677 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,079 | $841 | $958 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 132 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
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Nantucket 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 Nantucket area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Massachusetts for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with the Nantucket area marked.
Top small-town markets in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nantucket, MA | 73 | 13 | 24.8 | $436K | +3.6% | #58 of 538 |
| 2Vineyard Haven, MA | 67 | 16 | 21.1 | $517K | +3.1% | #101 of 538 |
| 3Greenfield, MA | 49 | 103 | 32.6 | $261K | −0.3% | #278 of 538 |
Other business types in the Nantucket area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in the Nantucket, MA area?
There are 13 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in the Nantucket area as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) 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. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Nantucket, MA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.7M a year, or $1,079 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $436K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,252 households in the Nantucket area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nantucket, MA area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The Nantucket area has 24.8 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $436K, 62% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, the Nantucket area would have about 21, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 584 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is the Nantucket, MA area growing?
Population estimates put the Nantucket area at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. Median household income in the Nantucket area is $139,688, 73% 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. 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 Nantucket area scores 73 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #58 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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