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Auto repair shops in Nantucket County, MA
How Nantucket County, MA 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #486 of 2,378 scored counties
#1 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,079 a household
- Spending per listing
- $708K
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.2
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 auto repair shops in Nantucket County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.2, 29% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Nantucket County comes to about $5.7M a year: $1,079 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $708K per shop, 59% above the U.S. figure of $445K. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Nantucket County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 750 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Nantucket County.
Population estimates show Nantucket County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Nantucket County is 66 (upper middle), #486 of 2,378 scored counties and #1 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Nantucket County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Nantucket County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.2 | 19.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $708K | $431K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 750 | 887 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,079 | $841 | $958 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Nantucket 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 Nantucket County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Massachusetts for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with Nantucket County marked.
Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nantucket County, MA | 66 | 8 | 15.2 | $708K | +3.6% | #486 of 2,378 |
| 2Dukes County, MA | 62 | 10 | 13.2 | $827K | +3.1% | #636 of 2,378 |
| 3Hampshire County, MA | 56 | 116 | 18.7 | $465K | +10.4% | #911 of 2,378 |
| 4Suffolk County, MA | 52 | 339 | 10.4 | $504K | +0.1% | #1,090 of 2,378 |
| 5Barnstable County, MA | 49 | 208 | 19.7 | $477K | +2.4% | #1,223 of 2,378 |
| 6Norfolk County, MA | 46 | 550 | 19.4 | $458K | +2.2% | #1,380 of 2,378 |
| 7Middlesex County, MA | 44 | 1,252 | 19.7 | $438K | +2.8% | #1,471 of 2,378 |
| 8Plymouth County, MA | 44 | 487 | 24.0 | $416K | +3.5% | #1,480 of 2,378 |
| 9Essex County, MA | 41 | 647 | 20.7 | $425K | +2.3% | #1,590 of 2,378 |
| 10Worcester County, MA | 41 | 759 | 22.6 | $402K | +3.7% | #1,599 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Nantucket County
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 Nantucket County, MA?
There are 8 auto repair shops on map listings in Nantucket County as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Nantucket County, MA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.7M a year, or $1,079 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $708K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,252 households in Nantucket County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nantucket County, MA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Nantucket County has 15.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $708K, 59% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Nantucket County would have about 13, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 750 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Nantucket County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Nantucket County at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. The median household income in Nantucket County is $139,688 a year, 73% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Nantucket County scores 66 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #486 of 2,378 scored counties.
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