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Auto repair and car care businesses in Cheshire County, NH
The auto repair and car care businesses in Cheshire County, NH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,173 of 2,401 scored counties
#8 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 149
- 37 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 71
- +10.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $28.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $193K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 48.7
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,269
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair and car care businesses, Cheshire County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #2,173 of 2,401 scored counties and #8 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Cheshire County comes to about $28.8M a year: $940 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $193K of household spending for each business on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
Cheshire County has 149 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 37 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 24% across the U.S. That is 48.7 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Cheshire County in 2023, up 10.9% from 2019. That is one for every 431 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.8M have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Cheshire County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cheshire County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Cheshire County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Cheshire County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 48.7 | 46.3 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $193K | $210K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 431 | 469 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.9% | +4.7% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $940 | $974 | $958 |
| Median household income | $83,329 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 64 → 71+10.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 411
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 87Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14937 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 107The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,269+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 30,620
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $83,329+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,430
- Median home value
- $280,100
- Jobs located here
- 32,125
- Daytime population
- 72,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Hampshire market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Hampshire for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with Cheshire County marked.
Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hillsborough County, NH | 38 | 667 | 39.5 | $244K | +2.5% | #1,731 of 2,401 |
| 2Strafford County, NH | 36 | 212 | 40.7 | $230K | +3.0% | #1,803 of 2,401 |
| 3Rockingham County, NH | 32 | 655 | 51.3 | $204K | +3.0% | #1,962 of 2,401 |
| 4Carroll County, NH | 31 | 108 | 49.4 | $195K | +5.0% | #2,010 of 2,401 |
| 5Merrimack County, NH | 30 | 306 | 50.2 | $199K | +2.6% | #2,032 of 2,401 |
| 6Grafton County, NH | 29 | 174 | 46.9 | $191K | +2.2% | #2,067 of 2,401 |
| 7Belknap County, NH | 26 | 127 | 48.2 | $201K | +2.1% | #2,148 of 2,401 |
| 8Cheshire County, NH | 25 | 149 | 48.7 | $193K | +2.3% | #2,173 of 2,401 |
| 9Sullivan County, NH | 20 | 95 | 57.2 | $162K | +2.1% | #2,275 of 2,401 |
| 10Coos County, NH | 11 | 78 | 55.7 | $144K | +0.4% | #2,380 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Cheshire County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care25
- Auto repair shops27
- Collision repair and body shops48
- Car washes and detailing41
- Tire shops42
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations38
- Insurance agencies62
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Cheshire County, NH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 149 auto repair and car care businesses in Cheshire County. 37 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 10.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 87 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cheshire County, NH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $28.8M a year, or $940 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 149 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $193K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,620 households in Cheshire County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cheshire County, NH compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Cheshire County has 48.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $193K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Cheshire County would have about 107, against 149 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 431 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Cheshire County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Cheshire County at 78,269 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,620 households. The median household income in Cheshire County is $83,329 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Cheshire County scores 25 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #2,173 of 2,401 scored counties.
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