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Collision repair and body shops in Sumter County, FL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in Sumter County, FL, set against other counties 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
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$50.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $717 a household
Spending per listing
$25.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
157,772
+21.1% 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

Households in Sumter County spend about $50.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $717 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $25.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Sumter County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Sumter County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 23,439 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Sumter County grew 21.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Sumter County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Sumter 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 Sumter County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureSumter CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.32.83.1
Spending per listing$25.2M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment23,4394,2163,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+21.1%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$717$835$958
Median household income$76,508$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$255K
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
16The 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 Sumter 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 Sumter County

Population, 2025 estimate
157,772+21.1% since 2020
Households
70,318
Median age
62.4
Homes lived in by their owners
88%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
557 sq. mi.
People per square mile
257
Median household income
$76,508+33.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,339
Median home value
$385,400
Jobs located here
37,385
Daytime population
146,480Residents 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 Sumter 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
Sumter County, FLNot scored20.3$25.2M+21.1%

Other business types in Sumter 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 Sumter County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 collision repair and body shops in Sumter County. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

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

About $50.4M a year, or $717 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $25.2M 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 70,318 households in Sumter County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sumter County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Sumter County would have about 16, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 23,439 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Sumter County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Sumter County at 157,772 people in 2025, up 21.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,318 households. Median household income in Sumter County is $76,508, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.7%, 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. Sumter County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for collision repair and body shops · All 56 business types in Sumter County

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