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Auto repair shops in Petersburg Borough, AK
How Petersburg Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $643K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,394
- −0.1% since 2020
See the auto repair shops around any address in Petersburg Borough
The site report maps the auto repair shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Petersburg Borough. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 auto repair shops in Petersburg Borough. That is 14.6 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Petersburg Borough comes to about $1.3M a year: $938 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 auto repair shops, that is $643K per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Petersburg Borough: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Petersburg Borough declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Petersburg 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 | Petersburg Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.6 | 19.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $643K | $527K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 876 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.8% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $938 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $75,125 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Petersburg 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 Petersburg Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,394−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,371
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,902 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $75,125
- Average household income
- $90,716
- Median home value
- $315,100
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Petersburg Borough?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the auto repair shops on map listings by name and distance.
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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 Petersburg 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 |
| Petersburg Borough, AK | Not scored | 2 | 14.6 | $643K | −0.1% |
Other business types in Petersburg Borough
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Petersburg Borough, AK?
Petersburg Borough has 2 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Petersburg Borough: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Petersburg Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $1.3M a year, or $938 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $643K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,371 households in Petersburg Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Petersburg Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Petersburg Borough has 2 auto repair shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Petersburg Borough would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Petersburg Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Petersburg Borough at 3,394 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,371 households. The median household income in Petersburg Borough is $75,125 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Petersburg Borough. It maps the auto repair shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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