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Collision repair and body shops in the Madisonville, KY area

How the Madisonville, KY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #257 of 387 scored small-town markets
#9 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky

Listings
7
2 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $884 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
23% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,127
−0.5% 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

At $884 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Madisonville area spend about $16.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

The Madisonville area has 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 23% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Madisonville area in 2023. That is one for every 4,599 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Madisonville area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in the Madisonville area is 42 (lower middle), #257 of 387 scored small-town markets and #9 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.

How the Madisonville 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 Madisonville, KY area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMadisonville areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.82.83.1
Spending per listing$2.3M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,5994,7013,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$884$889$958
Median household income$56,815$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score4253

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
24
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
72 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Madisonville 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 Madisonville area

Population, 2025 estimate
45,127−0.5% since 2020
Households
18,397
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
542 sq. mi.
People per square mile
83
Median household income
$56,815+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,892
Median home value
$142,800
Jobs located here
16,599
Daytime population
43,041Residents 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 small-town markets in Kentucky for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Madisonville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kentucky

Small-town markets in Kentucky ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Richmond-Berea, KY77122.4$3.8M+7.0%#30 of 387
2Mount Sterling, KY7252.8$3.3M+3.1%#50 of 387
3Somerset, KY6783.1$3M+3.5%#75 of 387
4Danville, KY6073.2$2.8M+3.6%#113 of 387
5Frankfort, KY56123.7$2.5M+3.1%#145 of 387
6Campbellsville, KY4764.1$2.2M+3.4%#218 of 387
7Pikeville, KY46112.8$2.8M−5.4%#224 of 387
8Corbin, KY42193.4$2.5M+0.1%#255 of 387
9Madisonville, KY4273.8$2.3M−0.5%#257 of 387
10Franklin, KY3767.5$1.3M+5.9%#293 of 387

Other business types in the Madisonville 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 Madisonville, KY area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 collision repair and body shops in the Madisonville area. 2 of them (29%) 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 the Madisonville, KY area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $16.3M a year, or $884 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 18,397 households in the Madisonville area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Madisonville area has 3.8 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Madisonville area would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,599 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Madisonville, KY area growing?

Population estimates put the Madisonville area at 45,127 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,397 households. Median household income in the Madisonville area is $56,815, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Madisonville area scores 42 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #257 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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