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Collision repair and body shops in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area
How the Panama City-Panama City 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #158 of 381 scored metro areas
#15 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 29
- 8 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $77.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $885 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 231,174
- +15.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 collision repair and body shops in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
At $885 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area spend about $77.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% 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 11 businesses with payroll in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 8,006 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area grew 15.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #158 of 381 scored metro areas and #15 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Panama City-Panama City 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.
| Measure | Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,006 | 4,216 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $885 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,514 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 110
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 298 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Panama City-Panama City 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 231,174+15.7% since 2020
- Households
- 88,065
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,343 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $71,514
- Average household income
- $94,187
- Median home value
- $294,300
- Jobs located here
- 85,476
- Daytime population
- 211,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Homosassa Springs, FL | 74 | 12 | 1.7 | $4.8M | +11.1% | #32 of 381 |
| 2Port St. Lucie, FL | 70 | 44 | 2.1 | $4M | +16.0% | #60 of 381 |
| 3Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 69 | 28 | 2.3 | $4M | +9.4% | #65 of 381 |
| 4Gainesville, FL | 68 | 28 | 2.0 | $4.1M | +5.4% | #69 of 381 |
| 5Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 68 | 66 | 2.3 | $3.6M | +19.8% | #72 of 381 |
| 6Jacksonville, FL | 67 | 144 | 2.2 | $4M | +10.7% | #79 of 381 |
| 7Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 66 | 56 | 2.2 | $4M | +9.1% | #86 of 381 |
| 8North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 64 | 89 | 2.3 | $3.7M | +13.2% | #101 of 381 |
| 9Ocala, FL | 63 | 36 | 2.2 | $3.7M | +17.3% | #106 of 381 |
| 10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 62 | 63 | 2.1 | $3.9M | +11.2% | #114 of 381 |
| 15Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 57 | 29 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +15.7% | #158 of 381 |
Other business types in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area
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 care58
- Auto repair shops59
- Collision repair and body shops57
- Car washes and detailing46
- Tire shops53
- Oil change and quick lube59
- Gas stations37
- Insurance agencies82
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 the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area?
There are 29 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area as of September 2026. 8 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $77.9M a year, or $885 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 88,065 households in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area has 3.3 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area would have about 25, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,006 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area at 231,174 people in 2025, up 15.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,065 households. The median household income in the Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area is $71,514 a year, 11% below 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 Panama City-Panama City Beach metro area scores 57 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #158 of 381 scored metro areas.
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