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Collision repair and body shops in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

How Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #535 of 1,327 scored counties
#3 of 3 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
11
3 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,078 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
16% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
93,972
−1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 collision repair and body shops in Fairbanks North Star Borough. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 27%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 3.0 for every 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

At $1,078 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Fairbanks North Star Borough spend about $39.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Fairbanks North Star Borough classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 3,636 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fairbanks North Star Borough declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #535 of 1,327 scored counties and #3 of 3 scored counties in Alaska.

How Fairbanks North Star Borough compares

The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the collision repair and body 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureFairbanks North Star BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.02.13.1
Spending per listing$3.6M$5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,6365,3053,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.9%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,078$1,043$958
Median household income$88,267$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score5575

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 10
Employees, 2023
114
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
93,972−1.4% since 2020
Households
36,359
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
7,335 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,548
Median home value
$298,200
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Fairbanks North Star Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK9282.0$6.2M+10.4%#8 of 1,327
2Anchorage Municipality, AK67272.5$4.2M−1.3%#273 of 1,327
3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK55113.0$3.6M−1.4%#535 of 1,327

Other business types in Fairbanks North Star Borough

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?

There are 11 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $39.2M a year, or $1,078 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

Fairbanks North Star Borough has 3.0 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,636 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough scores 55 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #535 of 1,327 scored counties.

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