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Collision repair and body shops in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #324 of 1,327 scored counties
#2 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$40M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,015 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
98,096
+3.0% 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 12 collision repair and body shops in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region comes to about $40M a year: $1,015 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 8% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 4,927 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #324 of 1,327 scored counties and #2 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region compares

The same measures for Connecticut 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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureNortheastern Connecticut Planning RegionConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.03.13.1
Spending per listing$3.3M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,9273,7443,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,015$902$958
Median household income$90,589$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score6540

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$853K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
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 the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, 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 the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

Population, 2025 estimate
98,096+3.0% since 2020
Households
39,412
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
174
Median household income
$90,589
Average household income
$113,121
Median home value
$307,600
Jobs located here
28,462
Daytime population
79,653Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Connecticut

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The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region marked.

Top counties in Connecticut

Counties in Connecticut ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT69152.0$4.8M+2.3%#229 of 1,327
2Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT65123.0$3.3M+3.0%#324 of 1,327
3Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT62292.5$3.5M+2.0%#388 of 1,327
4Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT57132.7$3.6M+2.2%#503 of 1,327
5Capitol Planning Region, CT541163.0$2.9M+3.1%#574 of 1,327
6Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT51793.4$3M+3.5%#642 of 1,327
7Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT41433.6$2.5M+4.1%#879 of 1,327
8Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT40633.5$2.5M+3.2%#903 of 1,327
9South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT39723.1$2.7M+2.5%#918 of 1,327

Other business types in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT?

There are 12 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $40M a year, or $1,015 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 39,412 households in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region 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 $3.3M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,927 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT growing?

Population estimates put the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region at 98,096 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,412 households. The median household income in the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region is $90,589 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region scores 65 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #324 of 1,327 scored counties.

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