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Collision repair and body shops in the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area
How the Athens-Clarke County, GA 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #130 of 381 scored metro areas
#4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 23
- 5 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $82.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $958 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 224,148
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Athens-Clarke County metro area spend about $82.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $958 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 23 collision repair and body shops, that is $3.6M per shop, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
The Athens-Clarke County metro area has 23 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.7, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in the Athens-Clarke County metro area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 4,305 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Athens-Clarke County metro area grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, the Athens-Clarke County metro area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #130 of 381 scored metro areas and #4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Athens-Clarke County metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Athens-Clarke County metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,305 | 3,918 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $958 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $65,608 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 138
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 235 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Athens-Clarke County 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 Athens-Clarke County metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 224,148+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 86,101
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,025 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 215
- Median household income
- $65,608+39.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,551
- Median home value
- $310,200
- Jobs located here
- 94,787
- Daytime population
- 224,908Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Athens-Clarke County metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 79 | 49 | 2.1 | $4.5M | +5.3% | #14 of 381 |
| 1Hinesville, GA | 71 | 7 | 2.3 | $3.8M | +12.6% | #54 of 381 |
| 2Warner Robins, GA | 68 | 23 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +8.2% | #75 of 381 |
| 3Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 61 | 61 | 2.6 | $3.5M | +4.7% | #123 of 381 |
| 4Athens-Clarke County, GA | 60 | 23 | 2.7 | $3.6M | +3.9% | #130 of 381 |
| 5Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 54 | 12 | 2.5 | $3.5M | +4.4% | #169 of 381 |
| 6Gainesville, GA | 53 | 24 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +11.4% | #179 of 381 |
| 7Rome, GA | 51 | 8 | 2.2 | $4.1M | +2.8% | #189 of 381 |
| 8Dalton, GA | 51 | 19 | 3.6 | $2.7M | +3.5% | #197 of 381 |
| 9Savannah, GA | 50 | 46 | 2.9 | $3.1M | +8.1% | #202 of 381 |
Other business types in the Athens-Clarke County 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 care67
- Auto repair shops68
- Collision repair and body shops60
- Car washes and detailing59
- Tire shops43
- Oil change and quick lube71
- Gas stations52
- Insurance agencies68
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 Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 collision repair and body shops in the Athens-Clarke County metro area. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $82.5M a year, or $958 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 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 86,101 households in the Athens-Clarke County metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Athens-Clarke County metro area has 2.7 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Athens-Clarke County metro area would have about 27, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,305 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is the Athens-Clarke County, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Athens-Clarke County metro area at 224,148 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,101 households. Median household income in the Athens-Clarke County metro area is $65,608, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.0%, 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. The Athens-Clarke County metro area scores 60 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #130 of 381 scored metro areas.
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