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Auto repair and car care businesses in New Jersey

Every metro area, small-town market and county in New Jersey, ranked by the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
9,990
2,089 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
5,071
+0.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3B
On vehicle maintenance and repairs
Listings per 10k households
28.5
20% below the U.S.
Spending per listing
$304K
13% above the U.S.
Rank among states
#18 of 51
Market score 58 · Upper middle

A site report maps the auto repair and car care businesses on map listings around any address in New Jersey by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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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

New Jersey has 9,990 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.5, 20% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.

At $865 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in New Jersey spend about $3B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $304K per business, 13% above the U.S. figure of $269K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in New Jersey was 5,071 in 2023, up 0.4% from 2019. That is one for every 692 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 4.1% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 249 SBA-backed loans worth $127.5M have gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in New Jersey.

Among the 50 states and DC, New Jersey ranks #18 for auto repair and car care businesses, with a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle). Of the 6 scored metro areas in or partly in New Jersey, the Trenton-Princeton metro area scores highest (67). Among 21 scored counties, Somerset County scores highest (77).

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in New Jersey, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching New Jersey, ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Trenton-Princeton, NJ6737426.0$328K+3.3%#70 of 387
2Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ5144728.9$293K+0.8%#196 of 387
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4716,73022.6$288K+0.6%#224 of 387
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD417,63030.9$266K+1.4%#267 of 387
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ401,26637.3$245K+3.0%#272 of 387
3Vineland, NJ2521640.2$217K+2.2%#349 of 387

Counties

Counties in New Jersey, ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Somerset County, NJ7727621.1$487K+3.5%#175 of 2,401
2Burlington County, NJ7050128.3$348K+4.3%#359 of 2,401
3Ocean County, NJ6867127.5$329K+5.6%#428 of 2,401
4Gloucester County, NJ6334931.0$323K+3.3%#620 of 2,401
5Monmouth County, NJ6271628.4$350K+1.4%#653 of 2,401
6Mercer County, NJ6237426.0$328K+3.3%#657 of 2,401
7Sussex County, NJ6018932.7$328K+2.9%#728 of 2,401
8Hudson County, NJ6045915.3$324K+1.8%#730 of 2,401
9Hunterdon County, NJ5919438.1$291K+2.3%#793 of 2,401
10Morris County, NJ5861631.9$322K+3.2%#824 of 2,401
11Cape May County, NJ5610924.3$370K−1.7%#907 of 2,401
12Middlesex County, NJ5690329.3$312K+2.6%#917 of 2,401
13Bergen County, NJ531,03729.2$309K+2.4%#1,069 of 2,401
14Salem County, NJ507530.2$300K+2.3%#1,220 of 2,401
15Camden County, NJ4763731.5$265K+2.4%#1,331 of 2,401
16Atlantic County, NJ4633830.9$268K+1.6%#1,373 of 2,401
17Essex County, NJ4580225.1$267K+4.2%#1,415 of 2,401
18Warren County, NJ4517939.4$251K+3.2%#1,423 of 2,401
19Union County, NJ4267333.1$266K+5.0%#1,543 of 2,401
20Cumberland County, NJ3121640.2$217K+2.2%#1,994 of 2,401
21Passaic County, NJ2667637.8$214K+1.6%#2,139 of 2,401

Questions

How many auto repair and car care businesses are in New Jersey?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9,990 auto repair and car care businesses in New Jersey. 2,089 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 5,071 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 0.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 6,640 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in New Jersey spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $3B a year, or $865 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9,990 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $304K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,507,701 households in New Jersey and national spending patterns by income.

How does New Jersey compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?

New Jersey has 28.5 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $304K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, New Jersey would have about 11,301, against 9,990 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 692 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.

Which market in New Jersey has the highest market score for auto repair and car care businesses?

Among 6 scored metro areas in or partly in New Jersey, the Trenton-Princeton metro area scores highest, at 67 (upper middle). Among 21 scored counties in New Jersey, Somerset County scores highest, at 77 (high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. New Jersey scores 58 for auto repair and car care businesses (upper middle), #18 of the 50 states and DC.

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