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Collision repair and body shops in the Bowling Green, KY metro area

How the Bowling Green, KY 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #157 of 381 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky

Listings
22
1 chain location (5%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$66.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $904 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
197,180
+9.5% 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 22 collision repair and body shops in the Bowling Green metro area. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 3.0 for every 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

At $904 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Bowling Green metro area spend about $66.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Bowling Green metro area was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 4,890 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Bowling Green metro area grew 9.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Bowling Green metro area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #157 of 381 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky.

How the Bowling Green metro area 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 Bowling Green, KY metro area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureBowling Green metro areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.02.83.1
Spending per listing$3M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,8904,7013,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.5%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$904$889$958
Median household income$63,328$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score5753

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15
Employees, 2023
97
Annual payroll, 2023
$5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
221 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 Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
197,180+9.5% since 2020
Households
73,344
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,614 sq. mi.
People per square mile
116
Median household income
$63,328+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,606
Median home value
$233,700
Jobs located here
78,351
Daytime population
187,870Residents 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 metro areas in Kentucky for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bowling Green metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Kentucky

Metro areas in Kentucky ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN662322.6$4.1M+2.7%#85 of 381
1Owensboro, KY62102.2$4.1M+1.3%#112 of 381
2Elizabethtown, KY62122.4$3.8M+2.4%#116 of 381
3Lexington-Fayette, KY62502.3$3.7M+3.4%#117 of 381
4Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN571472.6$3.5M+2.9%#154 of 381
Clarksville, TN-KY57342.7$3.4M+8.5%#156 of 381
5Bowling Green, KY57223.0$3M+9.5%#157 of 381
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH40432.8$3.1M−2.6%#263 of 381
6Paducah, KY-IL12204.8$1.9M−1.2%#375 of 381

Other business types in the Bowling Green metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Bowling Green, KY metro area?

There are 22 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Bowling Green metro area as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Bowling Green, KY metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $66.3M a year, or $904 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 73,344 households in the Bowling Green metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bowling Green, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Bowling Green metro area has 3.0 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,890 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Bowling Green, KY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Bowling Green metro area at 197,180 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,344 households. The median household income in the Bowling Green metro area is $63,328 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.4% 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. The Bowling Green metro area scores 57 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #157 of 381 scored metro areas.

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