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Collision repair and body shops in Fulton County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in Fulton County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,173 of 1,327 scored counties
#42 of 42 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,172 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,091
−1.9% 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

For collision repair and body shops, Fulton County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,173 of 1,327 scored counties and #42 of 42 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Fulton County spend about $9.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,172 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per shop, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Fulton County has 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Fulton County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 1,610 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Fulton County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Fulton County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Fulton County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureFulton CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.22.93.1
Spending per listing$1.9M$3.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment1,6103,6753,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.5%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,172$1,072$958
Median household income$61,360$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score2663

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,091−1.9% since 2020
Households
8,051
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
368 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$61,360+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,533
Median home value
$156,500
Jobs located here
6,262
Daytime population
17,927Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Fulton County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hamilton County, IN93221.6$7.7M+10.9%#4 of 1,327
2Johnson County, IN89132.1$5.7M+7.4%#14 of 1,327
3Clark County, IN81132.5$4.2M+7.5%#64 of 1,327
4Lawrence County, IN7663.1$3.8M+1.2%#125 of 1,327
5Boone County, IN75113.8$3.2M+13.5%#135 of 1,327
6Hancock County, IN72133.9$3.2M+13.5%#184 of 1,327
7Bartholomew County, IN71123.6$3.2M+4.3%#198 of 1,327
8Wayne County, IN7051.9$5.4M−0.5%#203 of 1,327
9Allen County, IN70392.5$4.1M+4.2%#213 of 1,327
10Warrick County, IN6972.8$4.4M+4.4%#231 of 1,327
42Fulton County, IN2656.2$1.9M−1.9%#1,173 of 1,327

Other business types in Fulton 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 Fulton County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 collision repair and body shops in Fulton County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Fulton County, IN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $9.4M a year, or $1,172 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 8,051 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fulton County has 6.2 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Fulton County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,610 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Fulton County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Fulton County at 20,091 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,051 households. Median household income in Fulton County is $61,360, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.9%, 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. Fulton County scores 26 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,173 of 1,327 scored counties.

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