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Auto repair shops in the Port Angeles, WA area

How the Port Angeles, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #51 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington

Listings
57
13 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
35
−10.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$37.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,059 a household
Spending per listing
$651K
46% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.3
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
78,202
+1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For auto repair shops, the Port Angeles area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #51 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for auto repair shops.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Port Angeles area comes to about $37.1M a year: $1,059 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $651K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 46% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

The Port Angeles area has 57 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 23%, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Port Angeles area was 35 in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,001 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $837K have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Port Angeles area. Population estimates show the Port Angeles area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Port Angeles area compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Port Angeles, WA area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasurePort Angeles areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.316.421.5
Spending per listing$651K$672K$445K
Households per official establishment1,0011,073955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−10.3%+1.1%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,059$1,104$958
Median household income$70,370$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score7381

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35−10.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
155
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
49Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5713 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
83The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$837K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
78,202+1.1% since 2020
Households
35,046
Median age
51.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,739 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$70,370+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,407
Median home value
$421,800
Jobs located here
23,717
Daytime population
69,279Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Washington

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Port Angeles area marked.

Top small-town markets in Washington

Small-town markets in Washington ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shelton, WA943714.2$903K+7.8%#1 of 538
2Ellensburg, WA883718.5$642K+4.2%#5 of 538
3Port Townsend, WA871811.0$986K+2.7%#6 of 538
4Moses Lake, WA857019.8$609K+6.3%#11 of 538
5Aberdeen, WA835116.7$658K+3.0%#15 of 538
6Oak Harbor, WA81349.5$1.2M−1.5%#18 of 538
7Centralia, WA748124.6$497K+6.7%#47 of 538
8Othello, WA731219.1$657K+4.3%#50 of 538
9Port Angeles, WA735716.3$651K+1.1%#51 of 538
10Pullman, WA702613.9$692K+1.5%#74 of 538

Other business types in the Port Angeles 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 Port Angeles, WA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 auto repair shops in the Port Angeles area. 13 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. Another 49 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Port Angeles, WA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $37.1M a year, or $1,059 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $651K 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 35,046 households in the Port Angeles area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Port Angeles, WA area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

The Port Angeles area has 16.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $651K, 46% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Port Angeles area would have about 83, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,001 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Port Angeles, WA area growing?

Population estimates put the Port Angeles area at 78,202 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,046 households. Median household income in the Port Angeles area is $70,370, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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 Port Angeles area scores 73 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #51 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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