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Collision repair and body shops in the Okeechobee, FL area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in the Okeechobee, FL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $828 a household
Spending per listing
$6.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
42,608
+7.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 collision repair and body shops in the Okeechobee area. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Okeechobee area comes to about $12.5M a year: $828 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.3M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Okeechobee area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 3,778 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Okeechobee area grew 7.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, the Okeechobee area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee, FL area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOkeechobee areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.32.83.1
Spending per listing$6.3M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,7784,2163,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.4%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$828$835$958
Median household income$57,984$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$818K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee area

Population, 2025 estimate
42,608+7.4% since 2020
Households
15,113
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
769 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$57,984+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,029
Median home value
$193,000
Jobs located here
11,546
Daytime population
37,214Residents 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 small-town markets in Florida for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Okeechobee area marked.

Top small-town markets in Florida

Small-town markets in Florida ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lake City, FL8051.8$5M+6.2%#17 of 387
2Palatka, FL7561.9$4.2M+5.9%#35 of 387
3Key West-Key Largo, FL5872.0$4.1M−2.9%#122 of 387
Okeechobee, FLNot scored21.3$6.3M+7.4%

Other business types in the Okeechobee area

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 Okeechobee, FL area?

The Okeechobee area has 2 collision repair and body shops 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 the Okeechobee, FL area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $12.5M a year, or $828 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $6.3M 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 15,113 households in the Okeechobee area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Okeechobee, FL area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Okeechobee area has 2 collision repair and body shops 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, the Okeechobee area would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,778 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Okeechobee, FL area growing?

Population estimates put the Okeechobee area at 42,608 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,113 households. The median household income in the Okeechobee area is $57,984 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Okeechobee area has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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