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Collision repair and body shops in Shelby County, IN

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,133 a household
Spending per listing
$10.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
45,882
+1.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 collision repair and body shops in Shelby County. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.

At $1,133 per household (18% above the U.S. average), households in Shelby County spend about $20.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $10.5M 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.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Shelby County in 2023. That is one for every 3,075 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Shelby County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Shelby County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Shelby 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 Shelby County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureShelby CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.12.93.1
Spending per listing$10.5M$3.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,0753,6753,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.5%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,133$1,072$958
Median household income$72,190$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
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
7The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County

Population, 2025 estimate
45,882+1.8% since 2020
Households
18,450
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
411 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$72,190+19.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,122
Median home value
$212,400
Jobs located here
17,693
Daytime population
39,836Residents 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 Shelby 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
Shelby County, INNot scored21.1$10.5M+1.8%

Other business types in Shelby 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 Shelby County, IN?

There are 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

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

About $20.9M a year, or $1,133 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $10.5M 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 18,450 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Shelby 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, Shelby County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,075 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Shelby County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Shelby County at 45,882 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,450 households. The median household income in Shelby County is $72,190 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.5% 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. Shelby 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Shelby County. It maps the collision repair and body shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for collision repair and body shops · All 56 business types in Shelby County

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