Groundwork

Auto · County · Massachusetts

Auto repair and car care businesses in Nantucket County, MA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair and car care businesses in Nantucket County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #414 of 2,401 scored counties
#1 of 14 scored counties 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

See the auto repair and car care businesses around any address in Nantucket County

The site report maps the auto repair and car care businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Nantucket County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,079 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Nantucket County spend about $5.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $436K of household spending for each business on map listings, 62% above the U.S. figure of $269K.

Nantucket County has 13 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Nantucket County classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers. 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 Nantucket County.

Population estimates put the population change in Nantucket County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Nantucket County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #414 of 2,401 scored counties and #1 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Nantucket County 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.

Auto repair and car care in Nantucket County, MA compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureNantucket CountyMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.829.735.7
Spending per listing$436K$283K$269K
Households per official establishment584677681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/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 score6840

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 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 Nantucket County, 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 Nantucket County

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+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
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

Looking at a specific site in Nantucket County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the auto repair and car care businesses on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Nantucket County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Auto repair and car care across Massachusetts

Every Massachusetts market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Massachusetts for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with Nantucket County marked.

Top counties in Massachusetts

Counties in Massachusetts ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Nantucket County, MA681324.8$436K+3.6%#414 of 2,401
2Hampshire County, MA6416827.0$321K+10.4%#573 of 2,401
3Dukes County, MA631621.1$517K+3.1%#603 of 2,401
4Suffolk County, MA6048314.8$354K+0.1%#723 of 2,401
5Barnstable County, MA5631029.3$320K+2.4%#915 of 2,401
6Middlesex County, MA531,84529.1$297K+2.8%#1,072 of 2,401
7Norfolk County, MA4987030.7$290K+2.2%#1,259 of 2,401
8Plymouth County, MA4973336.1$276K+3.5%#1,263 of 2,401
9Essex County, MA4896830.9$284K+2.3%#1,294 of 2,401
10Worcester County, MA451,18135.2$258K+3.7%#1,421 of 2,401

Other business types in Nantucket County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Nantucket County, MA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 auto repair and car care businesses in Nantucket County. 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 Nantucket County, MA 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 Nantucket County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Nantucket County, MA compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?

Nantucket County 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 U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Nantucket County 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 Nantucket County, MA growing?

Population estimates put Nantucket County at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. The median household income in Nantucket County is $139,688 a year, 73% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Nantucket County scores 68 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #414 of 2,401 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Nantucket County. It maps the auto repair and car care businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for auto repair and car care businesses · All 56 business types in Nantucket County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Nantucket County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Nantucket County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.