Little Ferry is the kind of New Jersey borough where the directory's heaviest categories are restaurants and salons, but the third slot belongs to used-car dealers. Our listing here totals 303 businesses across two ZIP codes. That's a small inventory, and the category mix tells a story about what kind of place this is.
Twenty-eight restaurants anchor the list. Twenty-one salons follow. Then comes a cluster of auto-related businesses: ten used-car dealers, nine car dealers, and eight auto-repair shops. Combined, those twenty-seven automotive listings represent nearly ten percent of the borough's total commerce. Barbers and general contractors tie at eight each. Cleaning services round out the top tier with five.
The auto-heavy profile makes sense for a community of this size and location. Little Ferry sits in Bergen County, close to major highways and the Meadowlands. A town of roughly ten thousand people with a high density of car lots suggests a commercial strip that serves a broader region, not just local residents. The used-car concentration in particular is notable relative to other New Jersey suburbs of similar size.
Restaurants and salons account for the other dominant slice. At twenty-eight and twenty-one respectively, they track the usual pattern for a small-town Main Street. But the presence of eight barbers separate from the salons indicates a more traditional trade mix, less driven by high-end services than what you'd see in an affluent suburb.
General contractors at eight listings point to ongoing home maintenance and renovation work. Cleaning services at five show a steady residential service demand.
For a borough this small, the directory captures a functional economy built around daily needs. The numbers suggest Little Ferry is a place where people eat out regularly, get their hair cut, buy and fix cars, and maintain their homes.