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Auto repair shops in Allegany County, NY

How Allegany County, NY 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,137 of 2,378 scored counties
#39 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
41
4 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
23
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$14.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $825 a household
Spending per listing
$356K
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.2
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,800
+0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For auto repair shops, Allegany County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #2,137 of 2,378 scored counties and #39 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Allegany County comes to about $14.6M a year: $825 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 41 auto repair shops, that is $356K per shop, 20% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 41 auto repair shops on map listings in Allegany County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 23.2 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Allegany County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 770 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $203K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Allegany County. Population estimates put the population change in Allegany County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Allegany County compares

The same measures for New York 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.

Auto repair shops in Allegany County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureAllegany CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.216.321.5
Spending per listing$356K$395K$445K
Households per official establishment770970955
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%−3.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$825$642$958
Median household income$62,869$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score2620

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 230.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
82
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
35Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
414 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$203K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Allegany 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 Allegany County

Population, 2025 estimate
46,800+0.9% since 2020
Households
17,710
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,030 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$62,869+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,480
Median home value
$101,700
Jobs located here
14,041
Daytime population
43,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in New York, with Allegany County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saratoga County, NY6714314.0$652K+2.3%#452 of 2,378
2New York County, NY641351.7$1.6M−1.3%#543 of 2,378
3Essex County, NY562414.7$570K−2.2%#888 of 2,378
4Tompkins County, NY555312.3$630K−1.4%#931 of 2,378
5Rockland County, NY4520619.8$463K+5.9%#1,425 of 2,378
6Albany County, NY4322716.9$453K+2.2%#1,516 of 2,378
7Schoharie County, NY433224.9$349K+1.4%#1,535 of 2,378
8Putnam County, NY428223.1$455K+1.4%#1,548 of 2,378
9Richmond County, NY4128716.8$444K+1.3%#1,581 of 2,378
10Herkimer County, NY404316.7$481K−1.4%#1,639 of 2,378
39Allegany County, NY264123.2$356K+0.9%#2,137 of 2,378

Other business types in Allegany County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Allegany County, NY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 41 auto repair shops in Allegany County. 4 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Allegany County, NY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $14.6M a year, or $825 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $356K 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 17,710 households in Allegany County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Allegany County, NY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Allegany County has 23.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $356K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Allegany County would have about 33, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 770 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Allegany County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Allegany County at 46,800 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,710 households. Median household income in Allegany County is $62,869, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. Allegany County scores 26 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,137 of 2,378 scored counties.

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