Auto · Small-town market · Massachusetts
Auto repair and car care businesses in the Vineyard Haven, MA area
How the Vineyard Haven, MA area compares with other small-town markets 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #101 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,091 a household
- Spending per listing
- $517K
- 92% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.1
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,219
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 auto repair and car care businesses in the Vineyard Haven area. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 21.1 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Households in the Vineyard Haven area spend about $8.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,091 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $517K of household spending for each business on map listings, 92% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in the Vineyard Haven area was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 421 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Vineyard Haven area grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses in the Vineyard Haven area is 67 (upper middle), #101 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Vineyard Haven 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 | Vineyard Haven area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.1 | 29.7 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $517K | $283K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 421 | 677 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,091 | $841 | $958 |
| Median household income | $125,786 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Vineyard Haven 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 Vineyard Haven area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,219+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,584
- Median age
- 50.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 103 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 203
- Median household income
- $125,786+75.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $207,940
- Median home value
- $1,165,800
- Jobs located here
- 7,891
- Daytime population
- 20,942Residents 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 Vineyard Haven 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 Vineyard Haven 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 Vineyard Haven, MA area?
There are 16 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in the Vineyard Haven area as of September 2026. 2 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Vineyard Haven, MA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.3M a year, or $1,091 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $517K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,584 households in the Vineyard Haven area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vineyard Haven, MA area compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
The Vineyard Haven area has 21.1 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $517K, 92% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, the Vineyard Haven area would have about 31, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 421 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is the Vineyard Haven, MA area growing?
Population estimates put the Vineyard Haven area at 21,219 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,584 households. Median household income in the Vineyard Haven area is $125,786, 56% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 75.2%, 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 Vineyard Haven area scores 67 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #101 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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