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Collision repair and body shops in the Salisbury, MD metro area

How the Salisbury, MD metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #172 of 381 scored metro areas
#3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland

Listings
16
4 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$45.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $935 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
131,872
+2.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 16 collision repair and body shops in the Salisbury metro area. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Households in the Salisbury metro area spend about $45.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $935 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 collision repair and body shops, that is $2.9M per shop, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Salisbury metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,974 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Salisbury metro area grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Salisbury metro area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #172 of 381 scored metro areas and #3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland.

How the Salisbury metro area compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Salisbury, MD metro area compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureSalisbury metro areaMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.33.03.1
Spending per listing$2.9M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment6,9744,4333,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.2%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$935$908$958
Median household income$73,802$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score5448

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
83
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
164 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Salisbury metro 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 Salisbury metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
131,872+2.9% since 2020
Households
48,818
Median age
37.6
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
694 sq. mi.
People per square mile
187
Median household income
$73,802
Average household income
$94,881
Median home value
$241,200
Jobs located here
49,837
Daytime population
123,772Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Maryland

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Salisbury metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Maryland

Metro areas in Maryland ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lexington Park, MD77172.2$5.2M+2.1%#22 of 381
2Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV64342.9$3.3M+7.1%#102 of 381
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV635742.4$3.7M+3.3%#107 of 381
3Salisbury, MD54163.3$2.9M+2.9%#172 of 381
4Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD363333.0$2.9M+0.4%#287 of 381
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD277463.0$2.7M+1.4%#334 of 381

Other business types in the Salisbury metro 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 Salisbury, MD metro area?

The Salisbury metro area has 16 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Salisbury, MD metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $45.6M a year, or $935 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,818 households in the Salisbury metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Salisbury, MD metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Salisbury metro area has 3.3 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Salisbury metro area would have about 15, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,974 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Salisbury, MD metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Salisbury metro area at 131,872 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 48,818 households. The median household income in the Salisbury metro area is $73,802 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Salisbury metro area scores 54 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #172 of 381 scored metro areas.

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