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Auto repair shops in Ocean County, NJ
How Ocean County, NJ 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #423 of 2,378 scored counties
#3 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 385
- 66 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 208
- +8.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $220.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $906 a household
- Spending per listing
- $574K
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 673,746
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $906 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Ocean County spend about $220.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 385 auto repair shops, that is $574K per shop, 29% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Ocean County has 385 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 15.8 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 208 businesses with payroll in Ocean County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair, up 8.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,172 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts list 262 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $7.5M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Ocean County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ocean County grew 5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Ocean County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #423 of 2,378 scored counties and #3 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Ocean County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Ocean County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 17.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $574K | $484K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,172 | 926 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.9% | −0.8% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $906 | $865 | $958 |
| Median household income | $89,863 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 191 → 208+8.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,092
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $64.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 262Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 38566 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 497The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $7.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Ocean 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 Ocean County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 673,746+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 243,843
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,042
- Median household income
- $89,863+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,774
- Median home value
- $398,400
- Jobs located here
- 183,196
- Daytime population
- 568,313Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Jersey market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Ocean County marked.
Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Somerset County, NJ | 78 | 163 | 12.5 | $825K | +3.5% | #145 of 2,378 |
| 2Burlington County, NJ | 68 | 296 | 16.7 | $590K | +4.3% | #418 of 2,378 |
| 3Ocean County, NJ | 68 | 385 | 15.8 | $574K | +5.6% | #423 of 2,378 |
| 4Monmouth County, NJ | 63 | 410 | 16.3 | $611K | +1.4% | #597 of 2,378 |
| 5Gloucester County, NJ | 60 | 209 | 18.6 | $539K | +3.3% | #722 of 2,378 |
| 6Sussex County, NJ | 56 | 118 | 20.4 | $526K | +2.9% | #894 of 2,378 |
| 7Mercer County, NJ | 56 | 245 | 17.0 | $500K | +3.3% | #899 of 2,378 |
| 8Morris County, NJ | 55 | 378 | 19.6 | $525K | +3.2% | #941 of 2,378 |
| 9Cape May County, NJ | 54 | 64 | 14.3 | $630K | −1.7% | #988 of 2,378 |
| 10Hudson County, NJ | 53 | 314 | 10.5 | $473K | +1.8% | #1,057 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Ocean 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 Ocean County, NJ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 385 auto repair shops in Ocean County. 66 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 208 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 8.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 262 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ocean County, NJ spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $220.9M a year, or $906 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 385 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $574K 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 243,843 households in Ocean County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ocean County, NJ compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Ocean County has 15.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $574K, 29% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Ocean County would have about 497, against 385 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,172 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Ocean County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Ocean County at 673,746 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 243,843 households. Median household income in Ocean County is $89,863, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.7%, 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. Ocean County scores 68 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #423 of 2,378 scored counties.
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