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Auto repair shops in Union County, NJ
How Union 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,816 of 2,378 scored counties
#18 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 465
- 58 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 294
- +0.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $179M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $881 a household
- Spending per listing
- $385K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.9
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 601,863
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Union County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,816 of 2,378 scored counties and #18 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 465 auto repair shops in Union County. 58 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.9, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $881 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Union County spend about $179M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $385K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% 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.
Official counts show 294 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Union County in 2023, up 0.7% from 2019. That is one for every 691 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $6.9M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Union County. Population estimates put the population change in Union County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Union 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 | Union County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.9 | 17.9 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $385K | $484K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 691 | 926 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.7% | −0.8% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $881 | $865 | $958 |
| Median household income | $103,202 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 292 → 294+0.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,381
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $81.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 405Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 46558 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 403The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 17
- Amount
- $6.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 601,863+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 203,277
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 103 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5,637
- Median household income
- $103,202+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,596
- Median home value
- $529,200
- Jobs located here
- 247,379
- Daytime population
- 551,422Residents 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 Union 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 |
| 18Union County, NJ | 36 | 465 | 22.9 | $385K | +5.0% | #1,816 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Union County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Union County, NJ?
There are 465 auto repair shops on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. 58 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 294 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 0.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 405 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Union County, NJ spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $179M a year, or $881 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 465 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $385K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 203,277 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, NJ compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Union County has 22.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $385K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Union County would have about 403, against 465 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 691 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Union County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 601,863 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 203,277 households. The median household income in Union County is $103,202 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Union County scores 36 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,816 of 2,378 scored counties.
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