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Auto repair shops in Suffolk city, VA
How Suffolk city, VA 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #135 of 2,378 scored counties
#11 of 114 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 59
- 11 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- −17.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $37.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $641K
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.6
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,699
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair shops, Suffolk city has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #135 of 2,378 scored counties and #11 of 114 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.
Households in Suffolk city spend about $37.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $997 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 59 auto repair shops, that is $641K per shop, 44% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
There are 59 auto repair shops on map listings in Suffolk city as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.6, 27% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Suffolk city was 28 in 2023, down 17.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,354 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $826K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Suffolk city. Population estimates show Suffolk city grew 10.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Suffolk city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Suffolk city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.6 | 19.5 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $641K | $496K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,354 | 982 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.6% | +0.4% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $997 | $968 | $958 |
| Median household income | $92,666 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 28−17.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 143
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5911 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $826K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Suffolk city, 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 Suffolk city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,699+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 37,908
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 399 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 248
- Median household income
- $92,666+23.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,720
- Median home value
- $347,400
- Jobs located here
- 32,634
- Daytime population
- 88,435Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Suffolk city marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fluvanna County, VA | 95 | 8 | 7.7 | $1.6M | +6.2% | #4 of 2,378 |
| 2Caroline County, VA | 90 | 18 | 15.0 | $768K | +11.3% | #22 of 2,378 |
| 3Poquoson city, VA | 89 | 6 | 12.7 | $912K | +6.6% | #27 of 2,378 |
| 4Clarke County, VA | 87 | 11 | 18.7 | $632K | +5.4% | #36 of 2,378 |
| 5Prince George County, VA | 86 | 11 | 8.5 | $1.4M | +2.0% | #37 of 2,378 |
| 6James City County, VA | 85 | 31 | 9.7 | $1M | +6.2% | #46 of 2,378 |
| 7Louisa County, VA | 84 | 28 | 18.0 | $660K | +13.6% | #61 of 2,378 |
| 8King George County, VA | 83 | 21 | 20.7 | $571K | +10.5% | #74 of 2,378 |
| 9Albemarle County, VA | 81 | 48 | 10.5 | $927K | +5.1% | #92 of 2,378 |
| 10Chesterfield County, VA | 81 | 221 | 15.8 | $669K | +8.7% | #101 of 2,378 |
| 11Suffolk city, VA | 79 | 59 | 15.6 | $641K | +10.4% | #135 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Suffolk city
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 Suffolk city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 59 auto repair shops in Suffolk city. 11 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 17.6% from 2019. Another 51 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Suffolk city, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $37.8M a year, or $997 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $641K 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 37,908 households in Suffolk city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Suffolk city, VA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Suffolk city has 15.6 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $641K, 44% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Suffolk city would have about 85, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,354 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Suffolk city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Suffolk city at 104,699 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,908 households. Median household income in Suffolk city is $92,666, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.8%, 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. 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. Suffolk city scores 79 for auto repair shops (high), #135 of 2,378 scored counties.
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