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Auto repair and car care businesses in Ontario County, NY

How Ontario County, NY compares with other counties 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,080 of 2,401 scored counties
#42 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
189
60 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
86
+1.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$41.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $867 a household
Spending per listing
$222K
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
39.1
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
113,130
+0.6% since 2020

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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

Ontario County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #2,080 of 2,401 scored counties and #42 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 189 auto repair and car care businesses in Ontario County. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 39.1 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.

At $867 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Ontario County spend about $41.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $222K of household spending for each business on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $269K.

Official counts show 86 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Ontario County in 2023, up 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 562 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Ontario County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ontario County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Ontario County compares

The same measures for New York 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 Ontario County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureOntario CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households39.124.935.7
Spending per listing$222K$258K$269K
Households per official establishment562765681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.2%−1.7%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$867$642$958
Median household income$82,324$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score2835

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
85 → 86+1.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
485
Annual payroll, 2023
$22M
One-person businesses, 2023
66Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
18960 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
156The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$35K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Ontario 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 Ontario County

Population, 2025 estimate
113,130+0.6% since 2020
Households
48,311
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
644 sq. mi.
People per square mile
175
Median household income
$82,324+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,042
Median home value
$222,900
Jobs located here
52,273
Daytime population
111,555Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair and car care across New York

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

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saratoga County, NY6824524.0$381K+2.3%#420 of 2,401
2New York County, NY642543.3$826K−1.3%#559 of 2,401
3Tompkins County, NY569522.0$352K−1.4%#911 of 2,401
4Essex County, NY564225.7$326K−2.2%#913 of 2,401
5Richmond County, NY5340423.7$315K+1.3%#1,065 of 2,401
6Tioga County, NY536130.0$293K−1.9%#1,076 of 2,401
7Rockland County, NY5230129.0$317K+5.9%#1,117 of 2,401
8Putnam County, NY5011933.5$314K+1.4%#1,215 of 2,401
9Sullivan County, NY4710132.1$264K+2.7%#1,332 of 2,401
10Herkimer County, NY467428.7$280K−1.4%#1,368 of 2,401
42Ontario County, NY2818939.1$222K+0.6%#2,080 of 2,401

Other business types in Ontario County

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 Ontario County, NY?

There are 189 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Ontario County as of September 2026. 60 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 86 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023, up 1.2% from 2019. Official counts list 66 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Ontario County, NY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $41.9M a year, or $867 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 189 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $222K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,311 households in Ontario County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ontario County has 39.1 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $222K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Ontario County would have about 156, against 189 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 562 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +4.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Ontario County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Ontario County at 113,130 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 48,311 households. Median household income in Ontario County is $82,324, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Ontario County scores 28 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #2,080 of 2,401 scored counties.

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