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Collision repair and body shops in the Terre Haute, IN metro area

How the Terre Haute, IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #68 of 381 scored metro areas
#2 of 11 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
16
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$68.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,015 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
39% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,241
+0.3% 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

Households in the Terre Haute metro area spend about $68.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,015 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per shop, 39% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

The Terre Haute metro area has 16 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.4, 23% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Terre Haute metro area was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 5,183 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Terre Haute metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in the Terre Haute metro area is 68 (upper middle), #68 of 381 scored metro areas and #2 of 11 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Terre Haute metro area 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 Terre Haute, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureTerre Haute metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.42.93.1
Spending per listing$4.3M$3.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,1833,6753,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.5%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,015$1,072$958
Median household income$56,594$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score6863

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13
Employees, 2023
94
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
161 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Terre Haute metro 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 Terre Haute metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
169,241+0.3% since 2020
Households
67,374
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,465 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$56,594
Average household income
$78,125
Median home value
$143,500
Jobs located here
62,390
Daytime population
165,337Residents 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 metro areas in Indiana for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Terre Haute metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN742132.5$4.2M+5.4%#35 of 381
2Terre Haute, IN68162.4$4.3M+0.3%#68 of 381
3Bloomington, IN68172.5$3.9M+2.0%#70 of 381
4Columbus, IN68123.6$3.2M+4.3%#74 of 381
5South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI67312.4$4.2M+0.1%#77 of 381
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN662322.6$4.1M+2.7%#85 of 381
6Muncie, IN66122.6$3.8M+1.2%#88 of 381
7Fort Wayne, IN63492.7$3.9M+3.9%#104 of 381
8Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN62283.1$3.3M+2.1%#118 of 381
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN571472.6$3.5M+2.9%#154 of 381

Other business types in the Terre Haute metro 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 Terre Haute, IN metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 collision repair and body shops in the Terre Haute metro area. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Terre Haute, IN metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $68.4M a year, or $1,015 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 67,374 households in the Terre Haute metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Terre Haute, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Terre Haute metro area has 2.4 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Terre Haute metro area would have about 22, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,183 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Terre Haute, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Terre Haute metro area at 169,241 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,374 households. Median household income in the Terre Haute metro area is $56,594, 30% 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. 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 Terre Haute metro area scores 68 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #68 of 381 scored metro areas.

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