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Collision repair and body shops in Orange County, FL

How Orange County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #856 of 1,327 scored counties
#37 of 41 scored counties in Florida

Listings
190
20 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
163
−0.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$456.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $864 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,528,002
+6.7% 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 190 collision repair and body shops in Orange County. Chain locations make up 11% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Households in Orange County spend about $456.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $864 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per shop, 22% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 163 businesses with payroll in Orange County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair, down 0.6% from 2019. That is one for every 3,238 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $7.5M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Orange County.

Population estimates show Orange County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, Orange County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #856 of 1,327 scored counties and #37 of 41 scored counties in Florida.

How Orange 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 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 Orange County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.62.83.1
Spending per listing$2.4M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,2384,2163,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−0.6%+1.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$864$835$958
Median household income$79,719$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4251

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
164 → 163−0.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,271
Annual payroll, 2023
$67.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
19020 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
148The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
10
Amount
$7.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Orange 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 Orange County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,528,002+6.7% since 2020
Households
527,776
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,630
Median household income
$79,719+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,351
Median home value
$390,100
Jobs located here
1,016,060
Daytime population
1,785,933Residents 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 counties in Florida for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with Orange County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Johns County, FL87110.9$10.3M+25.0%#19 of 1,327
2Clay County, FL83111.3$7.4M+9.4%#38 of 1,327
3Hernando County, FL8291.1$7.8M+13.3%#47 of 1,327
4Santa Rosa County, FL82121.7$6.2M+11.7%#48 of 1,327
5Lake County, FL79251.5$5.7M+18.1%#75 of 1,327
6Flagler County, FL7891.7$5.1M+21.0%#87 of 1,327
7Nassau County, FL7651.3$7.7M+17.4%#108 of 1,327
8Columbia County, FL7651.8$5M+6.2%#114 of 1,327
9Citrus County, FL73121.7$4.8M+11.1%#153 of 1,327
10St. Lucie County, FL73312.3$3.8M+21.4%#162 of 1,327
37Orange County, FL421903.6$2.4M+6.7%#856 of 1,327

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Orange County, FL?

There are 190 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Orange County as of September 2026. 20 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 163 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, down 0.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Orange County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $456.2M a year, or $864 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 190 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 527,776 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 3.6 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Orange County would have about 148, against 190 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,238 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 1,528,002 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 527,776 households. The median household income in Orange County is $79,719 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. 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. Orange County scores 42 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #856 of 1,327 scored counties.

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