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Auto repair shops in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
How Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,513 of 2,378 scored counties
#6 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 84
- 20 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 52
- +2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $39.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,078 a household
- Spending per listing
- $467K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.1
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,972
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 84 auto repair shops in Fairbanks North Star Borough. 20 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 23.1 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Fairbanks North Star Borough comes to about $39.2M a year: $1,078 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $467K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $445K. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 52 businesses with payroll in Fairbanks North Star Borough classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 699 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 53 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $600K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Population estimates put the population change in Fairbanks North Star Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For auto repair shops, Fairbanks North Star Borough has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,513 of 2,378 scored counties and #6 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.
How Fairbanks North Star Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair shops 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 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.1 | 19.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $467K | $527K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 699 | 876 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.0% | +5.8% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,078 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $88,267 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51 → 52+2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 357
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 53Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8420 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $600K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,972−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 36,359
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 7,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,548
- Median home value
- $298,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Fairbanks North Star Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 74 | 87 | 21.8 | $572K | +10.4% | #236 of 2,378 |
| 2Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 57 | 60 | 24.6 | $466K | +5.1% | #866 of 2,378 |
| 3Juneau City and Borough, AK | 54 | 25 | 19.0 | $534K | −1.8% | #992 of 2,378 |
| 4Anchorage Municipality, AK | 51 | 227 | 20.9 | $504K | −1.3% | #1,135 of 2,378 |
| 5Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 51 | 11 | 19.2 | $503K | −2.6% | #1,136 of 2,378 |
| 6Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 43 | 84 | 23.1 | $467K | −1.4% | #1,513 of 2,378 |
| 7Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 35 | 11 | 23.7 | $407K | −5.0% | #1,833 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 84 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 2.0% from 2019. Another 53 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $39.2M a year, or $1,078 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $467K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Fairbanks North Star Borough has 23.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $467K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 88, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 699 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 43 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,513 of 2,378 scored counties.
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