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Auto repair and car care businesses in Schoharie County, NY

How Schoharie 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,437 of 2,401 scored counties
#12 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
49
14 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $869 a household
Spending per listing
$228K
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
38.1
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,176
+1.4% 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

Households in Schoharie County spend about $11.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $869 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $228K per business, 15% below the U.S. figure of $269K.

Schoharie County has 49 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That is 38.1 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Schoharie County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 989 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Another 42 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $400K has gone to businesses classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Schoharie County.

Population estimates show Schoharie County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Schoharie County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair and car care businesses, ranking #1,437 of 2,401 scored counties and #12 of 61 scored counties in New York.

How Schoharie 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 Schoharie County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSchoharie CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households38.124.935.7
Spending per listing$228K$258K$269K
Households per official establishment989765681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.7%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$869$642$958
Median household income$70,133$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4535

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 13
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
42Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4914 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$400K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
30,176+1.4% since 2020
Households
12,861
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
622 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$70,133+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,591
Median home value
$192,500
Jobs located here
7,692
Daytime population
26,987Residents 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 Schoharie 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
12Schoharie County, NY454938.1$228K+1.4%#1,437 of 2,401

Other business types in Schoharie 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 Schoharie County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 auto repair and car care businesses in Schoharie County. 14 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts list 42 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $11.2M a year, or $869 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $228K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,861 households in Schoharie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Schoharie County has 38.1 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $228K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Schoharie County would have about 42, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 989 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.

How fast is Schoharie County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Schoharie County at 30,176 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,861 households. The median household income in Schoharie County is $70,133 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. Schoharie County scores 45 for auto repair and car care businesses (lower middle), #1,437 of 2,401 scored counties.

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