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Auto repair shops in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area
The auto repair shops in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #351 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 959
- 206 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 523
- −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $381.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $398K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,155,653
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area is 25 (lower middle), #351 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area spend about $381.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $761 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $398K per shop, 11% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
The Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area has 959 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 206 are chain locations, or 21%, against 16% across the U.S. That is 19.1 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area was 523 in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 959 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $3.9M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area 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.
| Measure | Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.1 | 16.3 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $398K | $395K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 959 | 970 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | −3.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $761 | $642 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,237 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 523−10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,735
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $143M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 423Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 959206 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 858The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $3.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area, 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 the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,155,653−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 501,549
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,565 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 742
- Median household income
- $72,237+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,175
- Median home value
- $226,100
- Jobs located here
- 547,190
- Daytime population
- 1,174,035Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ithaca, NY | 59 | 53 | 12.3 | $630K | −1.4% | #112 of 387 |
| 2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 44 | 658 | 17.2 | $476K | +1.9% | #253 of 387 |
| 3New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 34 | 11,197 | 15.1 | $431K | +0.6% | #307 of 387 |
| 4Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 31 | 572 | 22.4 | $403K | +3.0% | #328 of 387 |
| 5Glens Falls, NY | 27 | 108 | 19.8 | $427K | −1.9% | #342 of 387 |
| 6Kingston, NY | 27 | 156 | 21.0 | $418K | +1.1% | #343 of 387 |
| 7Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 25 | 959 | 19.1 | $398K | −0.8% | #351 of 387 |
| 8Rochester, NY | 24 | 916 | 20.5 | $387K | −0.7% | #355 of 387 |
| 9Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 21 | 102 | 21.4 | $363K | −3.9% | #367 of 387 |
| 10Syracuse, NY | 20 | 541 | 19.9 | $393K | −1.3% | #369 of 387 |
Other business types in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many auto repair shops are in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 959 auto repair shops in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area. 206 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 523 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 423 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $381.5M a year, or $761 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 959 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $398K 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 501,549 households in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area has 19.1 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $398K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area would have about 858, against 959 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 959 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area at 1,155,653 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 501,549 households. Median household income in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area is $72,237, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. The Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area scores 25 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #351 of 387 scored metro areas.
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