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Auto repair shops in the Seneca Falls, NY area

The auto repair shops in the Seneca Falls, NY area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #509 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York

Listings
38
6 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $816 a household
Spending per listing
$292K
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.9
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,883
−1.7% since 2020

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What this means

The Seneca Falls area scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #509 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Seneca Falls area comes to about $11.1M a year: $816 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 38 auto repair shops, that is $292K per shop, 34% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 38 auto repair shops on map listings in the Seneca Falls area as of September 2026. 6 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 27.9 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Seneca Falls area in 2023. That is one for every 850 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $73K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Seneca Falls area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Seneca Falls area declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Seneca Falls 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.

Auto repair shops in Seneca Falls, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSeneca Falls areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.916.321.5
Spending per listing$292K$395K$445K
Households per official establishment850970955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.2%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$816$642$958
Median household income$68,089$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score2020

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16
Employees, 2023
51
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
21Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
386 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$73K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Seneca Falls 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 Seneca Falls area

Population, 2025 estimate
32,883−1.7% since 2020
Households
13,606
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
324 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$68,089+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,874
Median home value
$155,400
Jobs located here
11,145
Daytime population
30,768Residents 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 small-town markets in New York for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in New York, with the Seneca Falls area marked.

Top small-town markets in New York

Small-town markets in New York ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Monticello, NY466119.4$437K+2.7%#322 of 538
2Hudson, NY435018.8$472K−2.1%#345 of 538
3Plattsburgh, NY416820.3$400K−2.0%#363 of 538
4Oneonta, NY385523.7$349K+3.8%#392 of 538
5Massena-Ogdensburg, NY288720.9$369K−2.5%#469 of 538
6Amsterdam, NY264724.0$325K+1.1%#479 of 538
7Batavia, NY256325.3$332K+0.2%#485 of 538
8Olean, NY247122.3$346K−2.1%#489 of 538
9Gloversville, NY225724.9$312K−1.6%#497 of 538
10Cortland, NY214523.7$353K−1.9%#502 of 538
12Seneca Falls, NY203827.9$292K−1.7%#509 of 538

Other business types in the Seneca Falls area

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Questions

How many auto repair shops are in the Seneca Falls, NY area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 38 auto repair shops in the Seneca Falls area. 6 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Seneca Falls, NY area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $11.1M a year, or $816 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $292K 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 13,606 households in the Seneca Falls area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Seneca Falls, NY area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

The Seneca Falls area has 27.9 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $292K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Seneca Falls area would have about 25, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 850 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is the Seneca Falls, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Seneca Falls area at 32,883 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,606 households. Median household income in the Seneca Falls area is $68,089, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Seneca Falls area scores 20 for auto repair shops (low), #509 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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