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Collision repair and body shops in the Thomasville, GA area

How the Thomasville, GA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #169 of 387 scored small-town markets
#7 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Georgia

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$25M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $868 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
72,958
+1.3% 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 the Thomasville area comes to about $25M a year: $868 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 collision repair and body shops, that is $2.8M per shop, 10% below 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 9 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Thomasville area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Thomasville area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 4,113 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Thomasville area grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, the Thomasville area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #169 of 387 scored small-town markets and #7 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Georgia.

How the Thomasville 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Thomasville, GA area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureThomasville areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.13.13.1
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,1133,9183,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$868$923$958
Median household income$60,262$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5250

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Thomasville 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 Thomasville area

Population, 2025 estimate
72,958+1.3% since 2020
Households
28,792
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
999 sq. mi.
People per square mile
72
Median household income
$60,262
Average household income
$80,075
Median home value
$180,600
Jobs located here
27,454
Daytime population
70,004Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Georgia

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Thomasville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Georgia

Small-town markets in Georgia ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson, GA8193.2$3.6M+29.3%#15 of 387
2Calhoun, GA8052.3$4.1M+6.9%#18 of 387
3Kingsland, GA6873.2$2.8M+9.5%#67 of 387
4Dublin, GA6673.2$2.8M+2.8%#83 of 387
5Douglas, GA6352.7$3.2M+2.9%#101 of 387
6Cedartown, GA5674.4$2.2M+6.0%#146 of 387
7Thomasville, GA5293.1$2.8M+1.3%#169 of 387
8Cornelia, GA5263.6$2.8M+9.3%#170 of 387
9Statesboro, GA50133.7$2.4M+8.0%#193 of 387
10Tifton, GA4084.2$1.9M+1.7%#271 of 387

Other business types in the Thomasville area

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Thomasville, GA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 collision repair and body shops in the Thomasville area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Thomasville, GA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $25M a year, or $868 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 28,792 households in the Thomasville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Thomasville, GA area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Thomasville area has 3.1 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Thomasville area would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,113 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Thomasville, GA area growing?

Population estimates put the Thomasville area at 72,958 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,792 households. Median household income in the Thomasville area is $60,262, 25% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Thomasville area scores 52 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #169 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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