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Collision repair and body shops in Madison County, KY

How Madison 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 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #93 of 1,327 scored counties
#2 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$33.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $915 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
101,696
+9.4% 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

Madison County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #93 of 1,327 scored counties and #2 of 32 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for collision repair and body shops.

At $915 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Madison County spend about $33.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 37% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

There are 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Madison County as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.2, 29% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Madison County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 7,410 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Madison County grew 9.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Madison 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 Madison County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMadison CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.22.83.1
Spending per listing$4.2M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment7,4104,7013,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.4%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$915$889$958
Median household income$63,351$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score7853

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Madison 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 Madison County

Population, 2025 estimate
101,696+9.4% since 2020
Households
37,051
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
438 sq. mi.
People per square mile
219
Median household income
$63,351+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,157
Median home value
$232,000
Jobs located here
35,314
Daytime population
89,450Residents 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 Madison 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

Other business types in Madison 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 Madison County, KY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 collision repair and body shops in Madison County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

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

About $33.9M a year, or $915 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 37,051 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Madison County has 2.2 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $4.2M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Madison County would have about 11, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,410 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Madison County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Madison County at 101,696 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,051 households. Median household income in Madison County is $63,351, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. Madison County scores 78 for collision repair and body shops (high), #93 of 1,327 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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