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Collision repair and body shops in Washington County, ME

How Washington County, ME compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $833 a household
Spending per listing
$5.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
31,334
+0.8% 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

Households in Washington County spend about $11.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $833 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Washington County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Washington County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,729 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Washington County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Washington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Washington 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Washington County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureWashington CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.42.73.1
Spending per listing$5.9M$3.2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,7293,8533,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.5%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.8%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$833$876$958
Median household income$56,024$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 3
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$378K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 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 Washington 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 Washington County

Population, 2025 estimate
31,334+0.8% since 2020
Households
14,187
Median age
48.1
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,563 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$56,024+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,471
Median home value
$161,800
Jobs located here
9,559
Daytime population
29,732Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Maine

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The highest-scoring counties in Maine for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Maine, with Washington County marked.

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cumberland County, ME67302.3$3.9M+4.5%#276 of 1,327
2York County, ME64212.3$4.1M+4.8%#330 of 1,327
3Oxford County, ME6362.5$3.6M+4.2%#370 of 1,327
4Hancock County, ME6152.0$4.5M+3.0%#401 of 1,327
5Waldo County, ME5552.9$3.2M+2.6%#546 of 1,327
6Penobscot County, ME54192.9$3M+3.8%#572 of 1,327
7Kennebec County, ME48162.9$2.8M+3.5%#701 of 1,327
8Aroostook County, ME3282.7$3M−0.7%#1,054 of 1,327
9Androscoggin County, ME31214.5$1.8M+4.8%#1,090 of 1,327
10Franklin County, ME3075.5$1.5M+4.6%#1,114 of 1,327
Washington County, MENot scored21.4$5.9M+0.8%

Other business types in Washington 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 Washington County, ME?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 collision repair and body shops in Washington County. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Washington County, ME spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $11.8M a year, or $833 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 14,187 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Washington County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Washington County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,729 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Washington County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Washington County at 31,334 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,187 households. Median household income in Washington County is $56,024, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.5%, 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. 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. Washington County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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 Washington County

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