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Auto repair shops in Kings County, NY
How Kings 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,090 of 2,378 scored counties
#34 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 996
- 46 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 636
- −5.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $301.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $298 a household
- Spending per listing
- $302K
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,653,963
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Kings County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,090 of 2,378 scored counties and #34 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Kings County comes to about $301.2M a year: $298 per household, 69% below the U.S. average. Spread across 996 auto repair shops, that is $302K per shop, 32% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 996 auto repair shops on map listings in Kings County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
Official counts show 636 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Kings County in 2023, down 5.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,588 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 21 SBA-backed loans worth $19.9M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Kings County. Population estimates put the population change in Kings County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Kings 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 | Kings County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 16.3 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $302K | $395K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,588 | 970 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.1% | −3.2% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $298 | $642 | $958 |
| Median household income | $80,263 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 670 → 636−5.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,718
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $142.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 872Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 99646 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 677The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 21
- Amount
- $19.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Kings 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 Kings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,653,963−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 1,009,927
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 30%
- Vehicles per household
- 0.6
- Land area
- 69 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37,927
- Median household income
- $80,263+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,376
- Median home value
- $905,000
- Jobs located here
- 883,599
- Daytime population
- 2,304,140Residents 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 |
| 34Kings County, NY | 28 | 996 | 9.9 | $302K | −2.5% | #2,090 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Kings 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 Kings County, NY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 996 auto repair shops in Kings County. 46 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 636 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 5.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 872 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kings County, NY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $301.2M a year, or $298 per household. That is 69% below the U.S. average (an index of 31, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 996 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $302K 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 1,009,927 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kings County, NY compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Kings County has 9.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $302K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Kings County would have about 677, against 996 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,588 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Kings County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Kings County at 2,653,963 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,009,927 households. Median household income in Kings County is $80,263, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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. Kings County scores 28 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #2,090 of 2,378 scored counties.
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