New York, NY · Auto Repair

Auto Repair in New York, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 8,918 automotive repair and maintenance shops in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area in 2023, employing 45,358 people with $2.2 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

8,918

1st most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

45,358

5.1 per business, against 6.1 across all metros

Annual payroll

$2.2 billion

$48,380 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

87%

of businesses, against 82% across all metros

Change since 2022

+0.1%

in the number of businesses (8,911 in 2022)

What the numbers say about New York.

  • New York is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for automotive repair and maintenance shops, 1st of 387.
  • Businesses here run smaller than average: 5.1 employees each, against 6.1 across all metros.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

How VERA helps auto repair in New York.

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Questions

Auto Repair in New York

How many automotive repair and maintenance shops are there in New York?

8,918 in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 45,358 people and paid $2.2 billion in annual payroll.

Is the New York market for auto repair growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 8,911 to 8,918 (+0.1%).

What does VERA do for auto repair in New York?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a New York business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Auto Repair in other markets

Other New York markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is automotive repair and maintenance shops, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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