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Collision repair and body shops in Mercer County, IL
How Mercer County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,243 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 15,229
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 collision repair and body shops in Mercer County. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households.
At $1,243 per household (30% above the U.S. average), households in Mercer County spend about $8.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Mercer County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Mercer County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Mercer County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Mercer County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Mercer County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,283 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.8% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,243 | $975 | $958 |
| Median household income | $74,182 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,229−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,565
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 561 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $74,182+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,846
- Median home value
- $146,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,052
- Daytime population
- 11,354Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 83 | 8 | 1.8 | $7.3M | +9.9% | #39 of 1,327 |
| 2Boone County, IL | 76 | 5 | 2.6 | $4.7M | +0.4% | #115 of 1,327 |
| 3McLean County, IL | 64 | 18 | 2.6 | $4M | +0.1% | #331 of 1,327 |
| 4Kane County, IL | 64 | 58 | 3.1 | $3.9M | +1.8% | #334 of 1,327 |
| 5Grundy County, IL | 63 | 6 | 2.9 | $4.2M | +2.9% | #362 of 1,327 |
| 6DeKalb County, IL | 60 | 12 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +1.5% | #433 of 1,327 |
| 7Lake County, IL | 59 | 89 | 3.4 | $3.5M | +0.8% | #451 of 1,327 |
| 8Champaign County, IL | 57 | 20 | 2.3 | $3.8M | +1.8% | #500 of 1,327 |
| 9Rock Island County, IL | 57 | 17 | 2.8 | $3.5M | −1.7% | #504 of 1,327 |
| 10McHenry County, IL | 55 | 46 | 3.9 | $3.2M | +2.5% | #545 of 1,327 |
| Mercer County, IL | Not scored | 2 | 3.0 | $4.1M | −2.6% |
Other business types in Mercer 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 care59
- Auto repair shops54
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations54
- Insurance agencies35
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 Mercer County, IL?
There are 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Mercer County as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Mercer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mercer County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.2M a year, or $1,243 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,565 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, IL compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Mercer County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Mercer County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Mercer County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 15,229 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,565 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $74,182 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Mercer 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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