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Collision repair and body shops in Seminole County, FL

How Seminole 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #515 of 1,327 scored counties
#27 of 41 scored counties in Florida

Listings
47
8 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
57
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$169.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $908 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.5
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
491,884
+4.3% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Seminole County comes to about $169.9M a year: $908 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 17% above 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 47 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Seminole County as of September 2026. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 57 businesses with payroll in Seminole County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 3,285 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Seminole County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in Seminole County is 56 (upper middle), #515 of 1,327 scored counties and #27 of 41 scored counties in Florida.

How Seminole 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 Seminole County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureSeminole CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.52.83.1
Spending per listing$3.6M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,2854,2163,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+1.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$908$835$958
Median household income$85,761$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5651

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
57 → 570.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
332
Annual payroll, 2023
$21.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
478 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The 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 Seminole 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 Seminole County

Population, 2025 estimate
491,884+4.3% since 2020
Households
187,248
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
309 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,556
Median household income
$85,761+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,520
Median home value
$386,900
Jobs located here
227,139
Daytime population
473,582Residents 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 Seminole 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
27Seminole County, FL56472.5$3.6M+4.3%#515 of 1,327

Other business types in Seminole 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 Seminole County, FL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 47 collision repair and body shops in Seminole County. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

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

About $169.9M a year, or $908 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 187,248 households in Seminole County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Seminole County has 2.5 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Seminole County would have about 55, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,285 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Seminole County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Seminole County at 491,884 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 187,248 households. Median household income in Seminole County is $85,761, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Seminole County scores 56 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #515 of 1,327 scored counties.

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