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Auto repair shops in Sitka City and Borough, AK
How Sitka City and 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
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $920 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,319
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Sitka City and Borough spend about $3.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $920 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per shop, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 3 auto repair shops on map listings in Sitka City and Borough as of September 2026. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for mechanical, body and glass repair in Sitka City and Borough, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $585K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sitka City and Borough.
Population estimates show Sitka City and Borough declined 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Sitka City and 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 | Sitka City and Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 19.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $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 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $920 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $101,727 | $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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $585K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Sitka City and 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 Sitka City and Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,319−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 3,440
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,870 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $101,727
- Average household income
- $110,277
- Median home value
- $450,300
- 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 Sitka City and 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 |
| Sitka City and Borough, AK | Not scored | 3 | 8.7 | $1.1M | −1.3% |
Other business types in Sitka City and 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 Sitka City and Borough, AK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 auto repair shops in Sitka City and Borough. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Sitka City and Borough: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sitka City and Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.2M a year, or $920 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 3,440 households in Sitka City and Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sitka City and Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Sitka City and Borough has 8.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $1.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Sitka City and Borough would have about 7, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Sitka City and Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Sitka City and Borough at 8,319 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,440 households. Median household income in Sitka City and Borough is $101,727, 26% above 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?
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