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Auto repair shops in Los Alamos County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Los Alamos County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #147 of 2,378 scored counties
#4 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,210 a household
- Spending per listing
- $768K
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,407
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Los Alamos County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #147 of 2,378 scored counties and #4 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Los Alamos County comes to about $10M a year: $1,210 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. Spread across 13 auto repair shops, that is $768K per shop, 73% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 13 auto repair shops on map listings in Los Alamos County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That is 15.8 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Los Alamos County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,375 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Population estimates show Los Alamos County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Los Alamos County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Los Alamos County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 21.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $768K | $481K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,375 | 1,043 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,210 | $1,033 | $958 |
| Median household income | $147,139 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,4070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,247
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 178
- Median household income
- $147,139+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $170,885
- Median home value
- $495,800
- Jobs located here
- 20,699
- Daytime population
- 29,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Los Alamos County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 91 | 69 | 12.1 | $966K | +6.9% | #13 of 2,378 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 90 | 41 | 14.9 | $781K | +7.2% | #21 of 2,378 |
| 3Rio Arriba County, NM | 81 | 12 | 7.7 | $1.5M | −1.0% | #90 of 2,378 |
| 4Los Alamos County, NM | 78 | 13 | 15.8 | $768K | 0.0% | #147 of 2,378 |
| 5Taos County, NM | 77 | 16 | 10.3 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #160 of 2,378 |
| 6Torrance County, NM | 74 | 16 | 26.4 | $467K | +6.9% | #246 of 2,378 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 69 | 163 | 19.2 | $527K | +4.1% | #381 of 2,378 |
| 8San Miguel County, NM | 68 | 20 | 16.8 | $626K | −3.2% | #413 of 2,378 |
| 9Lincoln County, NM | 63 | 15 | 15.0 | $726K | −2.3% | #591 of 2,378 |
| 10Luna County, NM | 60 | 17 | 18.4 | $525K | −0.2% | #723 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 auto repair shops in Los Alamos County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023.
How much do households in Los Alamos County, NM spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $10M a year, or $1,210 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $768K 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 8,247 households in Los Alamos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Los Alamos County, NM compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Los Alamos County has 15.8 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $768K, 73% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Los Alamos County would have about 22, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,375 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Los Alamos County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Los Alamos County at 19,407 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,247 households. Median household income in Los Alamos County is $147,139, 82% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Los Alamos County scores 78 for auto repair shops (high), #147 of 2,378 scored counties.
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