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Auto repair shops in Collier County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for auto repair shops in Collier County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #731 of 2,378 scored counties
#21 of 64 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 289
- 36 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 150
- +7.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $140M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $844 a household
- Spending per listing
- $485K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.4
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 417,131
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Collier County comes to about $140M a year: $844 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $485K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Collier County has 289 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 36 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That is 17.4 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Collier County was 150 in 2023, up 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,106 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 348 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $4.3M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Collier County.
Population estimates show Collier County grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Collier County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #731 of 2,378 scored counties and #21 of 64 scored counties in Florida.
How Collier County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Collier County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.4 | 21.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $485K | $396K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,106 | 1,036 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.9% | +5.5% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $844 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $90,045 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 139 → 150+7.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 675
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 348Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 28936 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 315The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $4.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Collier County, 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 Collier County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 417,131+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 165,875
- Median age
- 51.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,997 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 199
- Median household income
- $90,045+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $145,201
- Median home value
- $540,700
- Jobs located here
- 165,588
- Daytime population
- 398,800Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Johns County, FL | 85 | 130 | 11.2 | $869K | +25.0% | #47 of 2,378 |
| 2Walton County, FL | 85 | 38 | 11.1 | $857K | +22.9% | #48 of 2,378 |
| 3Santa Rosa County, FL | 85 | 101 | 13.9 | $738K | +11.7% | #49 of 2,378 |
| 4Gulf County, FL | 83 | 5 | 8.4 | $1.1M | +11.7% | #65 of 2,378 |
| 5Nassau County, FL | 81 | 57 | 14.5 | $679K | +17.4% | #100 of 2,378 |
| 6Sumter County, FL | 80 | 46 | 6.5 | $1.1M | +21.1% | #107 of 2,378 |
| 7Flagler County, FL | 74 | 77 | 14.6 | $597K | +21.0% | #233 of 2,378 |
| 8Franklin County, FL | 73 | 6 | 12.1 | $704K | +4.5% | #253 of 2,378 |
| 9Clay County, FL | 71 | 149 | 17.8 | $543K | +9.4% | #319 of 2,378 |
| 10Hernando County, FL | 70 | 125 | 15.2 | $563K | +13.3% | #345 of 2,378 |
| 21Collier County, FL | 60 | 289 | 17.4 | $485K | +10.6% | #731 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Collier County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair shops are in Collier County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 289 auto repair shops in Collier County. 36 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 150 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 7.9% from 2019. Another 348 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Collier County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $140M a year, or $844 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 289 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $485K 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 165,875 households in Collier County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Collier County, FL compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Collier County has 17.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $485K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Collier County would have about 315, against 289 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,106 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Collier County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Collier County at 417,131 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 165,875 households. Median household income in Collier County is $90,045, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Collier County scores 60 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #731 of 2,378 scored counties.
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