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Auto repair shops in Aroostook County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Aroostook County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,354 of 2,378 scored counties
#16 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 86
- 12 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- −14.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $24.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $815 a household
- Spending per listing
- $284K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.7
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,609
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Aroostook County has a Groundwork market score of 12 (low): #2,354 of 2,378 scored counties and #16 of 16 scored counties in Maine. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Aroostook County comes to about $24.4M a year: $815 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $284K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 36% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Aroostook County has 86 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 14%, against 16% across the U.S. That is 28.7 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Aroostook County was 49 in 2023, down 14.0% from 2019. That is one for every 611 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Aroostook County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Aroostook County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Aroostook County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Aroostook County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.7 | 26.8 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $284K | $327K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 611 | 711 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.0% | −3.3% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $815 | $876 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,700 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 57 → 49−14.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 215
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 99Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8612 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Aroostook County, 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 Aroostook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,609−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 29,932
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 6,671 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $56,700+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,175
- Median home value
- $149,700
- Jobs located here
- 24,240
- Daytime population
- 64,574Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sagadahoc County, ME | 44 | 35 | 21.3 | $438K | +3.4% | #1,472 of 2,378 |
| 2York County, ME | 42 | 215 | 23.5 | $400K | +4.8% | #1,557 of 2,378 |
| 3Cumberland County, ME | 40 | 290 | 21.9 | $398K | +4.5% | #1,659 of 2,378 |
| 4Piscataquis County, ME | 38 | 21 | 25.0 | $353K | +3.5% | #1,752 of 2,378 |
| 5Lincoln County, ME | 34 | 43 | 25.9 | $355K | +3.8% | #1,885 of 2,378 |
| 6Waldo County, ME | 27 | 54 | 30.9 | $292K | +2.6% | #2,122 of 2,378 |
| 7Penobscot County, ME | 27 | 199 | 30.5 | $286K | +3.8% | #2,124 of 2,378 |
| 8Hancock County, ME | 26 | 67 | 26.2 | $334K | +3.0% | #2,140 of 2,378 |
| 9Androscoggin County, ME | 26 | 125 | 26.6 | $308K | +4.8% | #2,143 of 2,378 |
| 10Oxford County, ME | 25 | 86 | 35.6 | $249K | +4.2% | #2,167 of 2,378 |
| 16Aroostook County, ME | 12 | 86 | 28.7 | $284K | −0.7% | #2,354 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Aroostook County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Aroostook County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 86 auto repair shops in Aroostook County. 12 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 14.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 99 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Aroostook County, ME spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $24.4M a year, or $815 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $284K 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 29,932 households in Aroostook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aroostook County, ME compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Aroostook County has 28.7 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $284K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Aroostook County would have about 55, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 611 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Aroostook County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Aroostook County at 66,609 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,932 households. Median household income in Aroostook County is $56,700, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Aroostook County scores 12 for auto repair shops (low), #2,354 of 2,378 scored counties.
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