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Collision repair and body shops in Grant County, KY
How Grant 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 · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,074 of 1,327 scored counties
#23 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $978 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 74% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,181
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in Grant County is 32 (lower middle), #1,074 of 1,327 scored counties and #23 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $978 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Grant County spend about $9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
Grant 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 5.4 per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Grant County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,306 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates show Grant County grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Grant 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.
| Measure | Grant County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,306 | 4,701 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.0% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $978 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $69,178 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $450K
- 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 Grant 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 Grant County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,181+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 9,224
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 258 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $69,178+42.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,150
- Median home value
- $209,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,092
- Daytime population
- 18,718Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 91 | 5 | 2.2 | $5.5M | +4.9% | #11 of 1,327 |
| 2Madison County, KY | 78 | 8 | 2.2 | $4.2M | +9.4% | #93 of 1,327 |
| 3Daviess County, KY | 70 | 7 | 1.7 | $5.3M | +1.5% | #204 of 1,327 |
| 4Kenton County, KY | 69 | 14 | 2.1 | $4.3M | +3.9% | #233 of 1,327 |
| 5Campbell County, KY | 68 | 5 | 1.3 | $7M | +2.5% | #247 of 1,327 |
| 6Bullitt County, KY | 67 | 11 | 3.5 | $3M | +5.0% | #289 of 1,327 |
| 7Boone County, KY | 64 | 15 | 2.9 | $3.4M | +6.5% | #348 of 1,327 |
| 8Hardin County, KY | 62 | 11 | 2.5 | $3.6M | +2.4% | #387 of 1,327 |
| 9Warren County, KY | 61 | 17 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +10.6% | #423 of 1,327 |
| 10Pulaski County, KY | 59 | 8 | 3.1 | $3M | +3.5% | #461 of 1,327 |
| 23Grant County, KY | 32 | 5 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +4.7% | #1,074 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Grant County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care49
- Auto repair shops46
- Collision repair and body shops32
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations41
- Insurance agencies87
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many collision repair and body shops are in Grant County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 collision repair and body shops in Grant County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Grant County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9M a year, or $978 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 9,224 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grant County, KY compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Grant County has 5.4 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Grant County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,306 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Grant County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Grant County at 26,181 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,224 households. Median household income in Grant County is $69,178, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.0%, 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. Grant County scores 32 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,074 of 1,327 scored counties.
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