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Auto repair shops in Coos County, NH
How Coos County, NH 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 11 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,362 of 2,378 scored counties
#10 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 49
- 5 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- −16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $801 a household
- Spending per listing
- $229K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.0
- 63% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,343
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Coos County has a Groundwork market score of 11 (low): #2,362 of 2,378 scored counties and #10 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 auto repair shops in Coos County. 5 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 35.0, 63% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Coos County comes to about $11.2M a year: $801 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 auto repair shops, that is $229K per shop, 48% below 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 25 businesses with payroll in Coos County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, down 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 560 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $280K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Coos County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Coos County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Coos County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Coos County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.0 | 29.7 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $229K | $328K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 560 | 601 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −16.7% | +2.7% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $801 | $974 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,677 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 25−16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 81
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 495 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $280K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Coos 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 Coos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,343+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,002
- Median age
- 48.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,795 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $57,677+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,445
- Median home value
- $188,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,577
- Daytime population
- 27,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Hampshire market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Hampshire for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with Coos County marked.
Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Strafford County, NH | 35 | 132 | 25.3 | $370K | +3.0% | #1,840 of 2,378 |
| 2Hillsborough County, NH | 32 | 447 | 26.5 | $363K | +2.5% | #1,941 of 2,378 |
| 3Rockingham County, NH | 31 | 415 | 32.5 | $322K | +3.0% | #1,994 of 2,378 |
| 4Grafton County, NH | 28 | 108 | 29.1 | $307K | +2.2% | #2,089 of 2,378 |
| 5Carroll County, NH | 28 | 72 | 33.0 | $292K | +5.0% | #2,093 of 2,378 |
| 6Cheshire County, NH | 27 | 86 | 28.1 | $335K | +2.3% | #2,111 of 2,378 |
| 7Merrimack County, NH | 27 | 198 | 32.5 | $308K | +2.6% | #2,120 of 2,378 |
| 8Belknap County, NH | 25 | 81 | 30.8 | $315K | +2.1% | #2,160 of 2,378 |
| 9Sullivan County, NH | 19 | 63 | 37.9 | $245K | +2.1% | #2,276 of 2,378 |
| 10Coos County, NH | 11 | 49 | 35.0 | $229K | +0.4% | #2,362 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Coos 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 Coos County, NH?
Coos County has 49 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 16.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Coos County, NH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.2M a year, or $801 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $229K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,002 households in Coos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Coos County, NH compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Coos County has 35.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $229K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Coos County would have about 25, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 560 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Coos County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Coos County at 31,343 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,002 households. The median household income in Coos County is $57,677 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Coos County scores 11 for auto repair shops (low), #2,362 of 2,378 scored counties.
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