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Collision repair and body shops in Butler County, AL
The collision repair and body shops in Butler County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $842 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 18,100
- −4.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 collision repair or body shop in Butler County. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.
At $842 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Butler County spend about $6.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $6.4M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Butler County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,899 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Butler County declined 4.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, Butler County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Alabama 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.
| Measure | Butler County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,899 | 3,586 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.5% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $842 | $929 | $958 |
| Median household income | $44,755 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,100−4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,597
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $44,755+10.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,109
- Median home value
- $99,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,659
- Daytime population
- 17,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Clair County, AL | 82 | 8 | 2.3 | $4.5M | +7.1% | #54 of 1,327 |
| 2Madison County, AL | 77 | 32 | 1.9 | $4.9M | +11.0% | #102 of 1,327 |
| 3Autauga County, AL | 74 | 5 | 2.2 | $4.5M | +5.1% | #141 of 1,327 |
| 4Baldwin County, AL | 73 | 17 | 1.7 | $5.6M | +14.8% | #150 of 1,327 |
| 5Lee County, AL | 73 | 16 | 2.3 | $4.1M | +8.6% | #158 of 1,327 |
| 6Chilton County, AL | 70 | 5 | 2.8 | $3.6M | +5.9% | #222 of 1,327 |
| 7Limestone County, AL | 70 | 13 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +18.0% | #225 of 1,327 |
| 8Blount County, AL | 68 | 5 | 2.3 | $4.7M | +1.8% | #253 of 1,327 |
| 9Shelby County, AL | 66 | 23 | 2.6 | $4M | +6.5% | #298 of 1,327 |
| 10Tuscaloosa County, AL | 65 | 23 | 2.6 | $3.6M | +3.8% | #321 of 1,327 |
| Butler County, AL | Not scored | 1 | 1.3 | $6.4M | −4.8% |
Other business types in Butler County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care34
- Auto repair shops49
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations9
- Insurance agencies50
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many collision repair and body shops are in Butler County, AL?
Butler County has 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Butler County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.4M a year, or $842 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 7,597 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, AL compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Butler County has 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Butler County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,899 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 18,100 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,597 households. The median household income in Butler County is $44,755 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.0% 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. Butler County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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