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Collision repair and body shops in Franklin County, ME
The collision repair and body shops in Franklin County, ME, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,114 of 1,327 scored counties
#10 of 12 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $847 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 77% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,824
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
For collision repair and body shops, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,114 of 1,327 scored counties and #10 of 12 scored counties in Maine. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Franklin County comes to about $10.7M a year: $847 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
Franklin County has 7 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 5.5 per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 3,169 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates show Franklin County grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Franklin County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,169 | 3,853 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $847 | $876 | $958 |
| Median household income | $58,675 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $898K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,824+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,675
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,697 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $58,675+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,999
- Median home value
- $194,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,591
- Daytime population
- 27,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cumberland County, ME | 67 | 30 | 2.3 | $3.9M | +4.5% | #276 of 1,327 |
| 2York County, ME | 64 | 21 | 2.3 | $4.1M | +4.8% | #330 of 1,327 |
| 3Oxford County, ME | 63 | 6 | 2.5 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #370 of 1,327 |
| 4Hancock County, ME | 61 | 5 | 2.0 | $4.5M | +3.0% | #401 of 1,327 |
| 5Waldo County, ME | 55 | 5 | 2.9 | $3.2M | +2.6% | #546 of 1,327 |
| 6Penobscot County, ME | 54 | 19 | 2.9 | $3M | +3.8% | #572 of 1,327 |
| 7Kennebec County, ME | 48 | 16 | 2.9 | $2.8M | +3.5% | #701 of 1,327 |
| 8Aroostook County, ME | 32 | 8 | 2.7 | $3M | −0.7% | #1,054 of 1,327 |
| 9Androscoggin County, ME | 31 | 21 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +4.8% | #1,090 of 1,327 |
| 10Franklin County, ME | 30 | 7 | 5.5 | $1.5M | +4.6% | #1,114 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 care22
- Auto repair shops22
- Collision repair and body shops30
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops25
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations30
- Insurance agencies51
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 Franklin County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 collision repair and body shops in Franklin 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 Franklin County, ME spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $10.7M a year, or $847 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 12,675 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, ME compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Franklin County has 5.5 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Franklin County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,169 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 30,824 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,675 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $58,675, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Franklin County scores 30 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,114 of 1,327 scored counties.
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