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Auto repair shops in Piscataquis County, ME

How Piscataquis County, ME 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,752 of 2,378 scored counties
#4 of 16 scored counties in Maine

Listings
21
1 chain location (5%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $883 a household
Spending per listing
$353K
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.0
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,409
+3.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Piscataquis County spend about $7.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $883 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 auto repair shops, that is $353K per shop, 21% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

Piscataquis County has 21 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 25.0 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Piscataquis County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 932 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Piscataquis County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Piscataquis County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,752 of 2,378 scored counties and #4 of 16 scored counties in Maine.

How Piscataquis 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.

Auto repair shops in Piscataquis County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasurePiscataquis CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.026.821.5
Spending per listing$353K$327K$445K
Households per official establishment932711955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.3%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$883$876$958
Median household income$61,345$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market score3822

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 9
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$707K
One-person businesses, 2023
25Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
211 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,409+3.5% since 2020
Households
8,385
Median age
49.2
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,961 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$61,345+50.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,023
Median home value
$170,200
Jobs located here
5,344
Daytime population
15,806Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Maine

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The highest-scoring counties in Maine for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Maine, with Piscataquis County marked.

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sagadahoc County, ME443521.3$438K+3.4%#1,472 of 2,378
2York County, ME4221523.5$400K+4.8%#1,557 of 2,378
3Cumberland County, ME4029021.9$398K+4.5%#1,659 of 2,378
4Piscataquis County, ME382125.0$353K+3.5%#1,752 of 2,378
5Lincoln County, ME344325.9$355K+3.8%#1,885 of 2,378
6Waldo County, ME275430.9$292K+2.6%#2,122 of 2,378
7Penobscot County, ME2719930.5$286K+3.8%#2,124 of 2,378
8Hancock County, ME266726.2$334K+3.0%#2,140 of 2,378
9Androscoggin County, ME2612526.6$308K+4.8%#2,143 of 2,378
10Oxford County, ME258635.6$249K+4.2%#2,167 of 2,378

Other business types in Piscataquis County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Piscataquis County, ME?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 auto repair shops in Piscataquis County. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 25 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Piscataquis County, ME spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $7.4M a year, or $883 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $353K 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 8,385 households in Piscataquis County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Piscataquis County, ME compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Piscataquis County has 25.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $353K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Piscataquis County would have about 17, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 932 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Piscataquis County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Piscataquis County at 17,409 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,385 households. Median household income in Piscataquis County is $61,345, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.0%, 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. Piscataquis County scores 38 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,752 of 2,378 scored counties.

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