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Auto repair shops in Erie County, NY
The auto repair shops in Erie County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,908 of 2,378 scored counties
#25 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 763
- 169 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 422
- −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $308.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $753 a household
- Spending per listing
- $404K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.6
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,741
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Erie County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #1,908 of 2,378 scored counties and #25 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $753 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Erie County spend about $308.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 763 auto repair shops, that is $404K per shop, 9% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 763 auto repair shops on map listings in Erie County as of September 2026. Of those, 169 are chain locations, or 22%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 18.6 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 422 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Erie County in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 971 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $3.4M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Erie County. Population estimates show Erie County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Erie 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.
| Measure | Erie County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.6 | 16.3 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $404K | $395K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 971 | 970 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | −3.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $753 | $642 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,839 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 469 → 422−10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,271
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $120.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 319Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 763169 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 694The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $3.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Erie 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 Erie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,741−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 409,665
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 912
- Median household income
- $72,839+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,750
- Median home value
- $233,800
- Jobs located here
- 478,475
- Daytime population
- 994,716Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saratoga County, NY | 67 | 143 | 14.0 | $652K | +2.3% | #452 of 2,378 |
| 2New York County, NY | 64 | 135 | 1.7 | $1.6M | −1.3% | #543 of 2,378 |
| 3Essex County, NY | 56 | 24 | 14.7 | $570K | −2.2% | #888 of 2,378 |
| 4Tompkins County, NY | 55 | 53 | 12.3 | $630K | −1.4% | #931 of 2,378 |
| 5Rockland County, NY | 45 | 206 | 19.8 | $463K | +5.9% | #1,425 of 2,378 |
| 6Albany County, NY | 43 | 227 | 16.9 | $453K | +2.2% | #1,516 of 2,378 |
| 7Schoharie County, NY | 43 | 32 | 24.9 | $349K | +1.4% | #1,535 of 2,378 |
| 8Putnam County, NY | 42 | 82 | 23.1 | $455K | +1.4% | #1,548 of 2,378 |
| 9Richmond County, NY | 41 | 287 | 16.8 | $444K | +1.3% | #1,581 of 2,378 |
| 10Herkimer County, NY | 40 | 43 | 16.7 | $481K | −1.4% | #1,639 of 2,378 |
| 25Erie County, NY | 33 | 763 | 18.6 | $404K | −0.6% | #1,908 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Erie County
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 Erie County, NY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 763 auto repair shops in Erie County. 169 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 422 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. Another 319 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Erie County, NY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $308.5M a year, or $753 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 763 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $404K 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 409,665 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erie County, NY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Erie County has 18.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $404K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Erie County would have about 694, against 763 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 971 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 Erie County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Erie County at 946,741 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 409,665 households. Median household income in Erie County is $72,839, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Erie County scores 33 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,908 of 2,378 scored counties.
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