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Collision repair and body shops in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area

How the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #340 of 381 scored metro areas
#21 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
863
61 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
673
−1.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.9B
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $809 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.7
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,391,072
+4.2% 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

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area scores 26 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #340 of 381 scored metro areas and #21 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area spend about $1.9B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $809 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per shop, 29% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

There are 863 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 61 are chain locations, or 7%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 673 businesses with payroll in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair, down 1.3% from 2019. That is one for every 3,469 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 41 SBA-backed loans worth $23.5M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area 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 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.72.83.1
Spending per listing$2.2M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,4694,2163,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−1.3%+1.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$809$835$958
Median household income$76,527$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score2651

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
673−1.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,103
Annual payroll, 2023
$174.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
86361 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
613The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
41
Amount
$23.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area, 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
6,391,072+4.2% since 2020
Households
2,334,797
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
5,067 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,233
Median household income
$76,527+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,472
Median home value
$443,300
Jobs located here
2,820,583
Daytime population
6,365,054Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Homosassa Springs, FL74121.7$4.8M+11.1%#32 of 381
2Port St. Lucie, FL70442.1$4M+16.0%#60 of 381
3Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL69282.3$4M+9.4%#65 of 381
4Gainesville, FL68282.0$4.1M+5.4%#69 of 381
5Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL68662.3$3.6M+19.8%#72 of 381
6Jacksonville, FL671442.2$4M+10.7%#79 of 381
7Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL66562.2$4M+9.1%#86 of 381
8North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL64892.3$3.7M+13.2%#101 of 381
9Ocala, FL63362.2$3.7M+17.3%#106 of 381
10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL62632.1$3.9M+11.2%#114 of 381
21Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL268633.7$2.2M+4.2%#340 of 381

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 863 collision repair and body shops in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. 61 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 673 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, down 1.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $1.9B a year, or $809 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 863 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,334,797 households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has 3.7 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area would have about 613, against 863 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,469 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area at 6,391,072 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,334,797 households. Median household income in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is $76,527, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area scores 26 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #340 of 381 scored metro areas.

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