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Auto repair shops in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
How Kenai Peninsula 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #866 of 2,378 scored counties
#2 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 60
- 8 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $27.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,146 a household
- Spending per listing
- $466K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.6
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 60 auto repair shops in Kenai Peninsula Borough. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 24.6 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $1,146 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in Kenai Peninsula Borough spend about $27.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 60 auto repair shops, that is $466K per shop, 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 35 businesses with payroll in Kenai Peninsula Borough classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 696 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 69 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Kenai Peninsula Borough has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #866 of 2,378 scored counties and #2 of 7 scored counties in Alaska.
How Kenai Peninsula 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 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.6 | 19.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $466K | $527K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 696 | 876 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +5.8% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,146 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35 → 350.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 163
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 69Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 608 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,951+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,371
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 16,017 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,973
- Median home value
- $323,200
- 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 Kenai Peninsula 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 shops are in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
There are 60 auto repair shops on map listings in Kenai Peninsula Borough as of September 2026. 8 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 69 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $27.9M a year, or $1,146 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $466K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 24.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $466K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Kenai Peninsula Borough would have about 63, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 696 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 57 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #866 of 2,378 scored counties.
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