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Collision repair and body shops in Tift County, GA
How Tift County, GA 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,072 of 1,327 scored counties
#45 of 59 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $828 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,254
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in Tift County is 32 (lower middle), #1,072 of 1,327 scored counties and #45 of 59 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Tift County spend about $12.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $828 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 collision repair and body shops, that is $1.8M per shop, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
Tift County has 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Tift County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 3,910 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tift County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Tift County 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 | Tift County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,910 | 3,918 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $828 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $53,255 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Tift 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 Tift County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,254+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,640
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 261 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $53,255+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,766
- Median home value
- $165,200
- Jobs located here
- 21,738
- Daytime population
- 47,133Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Newton County, GA | 87 | 7 | 1.7 | $5.9M | +11.2% | #23 of 1,327 |
| 2Effingham County, GA | 85 | 5 | 2.1 | $5.2M | +14.1% | #31 of 1,327 |
| 3Paulding County, GA | 80 | 12 | 2.0 | $5.5M | +12.7% | #68 of 1,327 |
| 4Henry County, GA | 78 | 21 | 2.4 | $4.2M | +9.5% | #94 of 1,327 |
| 5Gordon County, GA | 76 | 5 | 2.3 | $4.1M | +6.9% | #123 of 1,327 |
| 6Jackson County, GA | 76 | 9 | 3.2 | $3.6M | +29.3% | #126 of 1,327 |
| 7Houston County, GA | 76 | 18 | 2.8 | $3.5M | +8.5% | #127 of 1,327 |
| 8Forsyth County, GA | 73 | 22 | 2.5 | $4.5M | +11.8% | #154 of 1,327 |
| 9Oconee County, GA | 73 | 5 | 3.3 | $3.9M | +6.9% | #159 of 1,327 |
| 10Liberty County, GA | 68 | 6 | 2.5 | $3.5M | +7.6% | #262 of 1,327 |
| 45Tift County, GA | 32 | 7 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +2.1% | #1,072 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Tift County
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 care23
- Auto repair shops30
- Collision repair and body shops32
- Car washes and detailing29
- Tire shops15
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations18
- Insurance agencies27
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 Tift County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 collision repair and body shops in Tift County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Tift County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.9M a year, or $828 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 15,640 households in Tift County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tift County, GA compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Tift County has 4.5 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Tift County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,910 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Tift County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Tift County at 42,254 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,640 households. Median household income in Tift County is $53,255, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.7%, 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. Tift County scores 32 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,072 of 1,327 scored counties.
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