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Auto repair shops in Kodiak Island Borough, AK
The auto repair shops in Kodiak Island Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,833 of 2,378 scored counties
#7 of 7 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $965 a household
- Spending per listing
- $407K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.7
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,387
- −5.0% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Kodiak Island Borough has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,833 of 2,378 scored counties and #7 of 7 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Kodiak Island Borough comes to about $4.5M a year: $965 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $407K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Kodiak Island Borough has 11 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That is 23.7 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Kodiak Island Borough in 2023. That is one for every 928 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kodiak Island Borough declined 5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Kodiak Island 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 | Kodiak Island Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.7 | 19.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $407K | $527K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 928 | 876 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.8% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $965 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $86,250 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,387−5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,640
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 6,690 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $86,250+0.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,824
- Median home value
- $412,300
- 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 Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 auto repair shops in Kodiak Island Borough. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Kodiak Island Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.5M a year, or $965 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $407K per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,640 households in Kodiak Island Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kodiak Island Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Kodiak Island Borough has 23.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $407K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Kodiak Island Borough would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 928 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Kodiak Island Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kodiak Island Borough at 12,387 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,640 households. Median household income in Kodiak Island Borough is $86,250, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 0.5%, 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. Kodiak Island Borough scores 35 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,833 of 2,378 scored counties.
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