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Collision repair and body shops in Bath County, KY

How Bath County, KY 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $963 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,176
+3.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 collision repair or body shop in Bath County. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.

Households in Bath County spend about $4.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $963 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per shop. 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 Bath County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Bath County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, Bath County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bath County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Bath County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureBath CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.12.83.1
Spending per listing$4.5M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,7013,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$963$889$958
Median household income$56,541$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Bath 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 Bath County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,176+3.6% since 2020
Households
4,698
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
278 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$56,541+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,425
Median home value
$129,800
Jobs located here
2,061
Daytime population
10,042Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY9152.2$5.5M+4.9%#11 of 1,327
2Madison County, KY7882.2$4.2M+9.4%#93 of 1,327
3Daviess County, KY7071.7$5.3M+1.5%#204 of 1,327
4Kenton County, KY69142.1$4.3M+3.9%#233 of 1,327
5Campbell County, KY6851.3$7M+2.5%#247 of 1,327
6Bullitt County, KY67113.5$3M+5.0%#289 of 1,327
7Boone County, KY64152.9$3.4M+6.5%#348 of 1,327
8Hardin County, KY62112.5$3.6M+2.4%#387 of 1,327
9Warren County, KY61173.1$2.9M+10.6%#423 of 1,327
10Pulaski County, KY5983.1$3M+3.5%#461 of 1,327
Bath County, KYNot scored12.1$4.5M+3.6%

Other business types in Bath 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 Bath County, KY?

Bath County has 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings 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 Bath County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Bath County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $4.5M a year, or $963 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 4,698 households in Bath County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bath County has 1 collision repair or body shop 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, Bath County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Bath County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Bath County at 13,176 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,698 households. The median household income in Bath County is $56,541 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. Bath County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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