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Collision repair and body shops in Grafton County, NH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in Grafton County, NH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #230 of 1,327 scored counties
#1 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$33.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $894 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
54% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.9
39% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
93,225
+2.2% 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 7 collision repair and body shops in Grafton County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Grafton County comes to about $33.2M a year: $894 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 54% above 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 Grafton County in 2023. That is one for every 5,301 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grafton County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Grafton County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #230 of 1,327 scored counties and #1 of 9 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Grafton County compares

The same measures for New Hampshire 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 Grafton County, NH compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureGrafton CountyNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.93.13.1
Spending per listing$4.7M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,3012,9723,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$894$974$958
Median household income$88,261$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market score6940

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 7
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
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
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 Grafton 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 Grafton County

Population, 2025 estimate
93,225+2.2% since 2020
Households
37,107
Median age
45.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,709 sq. mi.
People per square mile
54
Median household income
$88,261+39.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$125,563
Median home value
$344,500
Jobs located here
53,397
Daytime population
103,226Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across New Hampshire

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

Top counties in New Hampshire

Counties in New Hampshire ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grafton County, NH6971.9$4.7M+2.2%#230 of 1,327
2Strafford County, NH59142.7$3.5M+3.0%#450 of 1,327
3Belknap County, NH5872.7$3.6M+2.1%#478 of 1,327
4Rockingham County, NH51423.3$3.2M+3.0%#641 of 1,327
5Cheshire County, NH4882.6$3.6M+2.3%#690 of 1,327
6Hillsborough County, NH45553.3$3M+2.5%#776 of 1,327
7Merrimack County, NH41243.9$2.5M+2.6%#874 of 1,327
8Sullivan County, NH3084.8$1.9M+2.1%#1,107 of 1,327
9Coos County, NH1764.3$1.9M+0.4%#1,288 of 1,327

Other business types in Grafton 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 Grafton County, NH?

Grafton County has 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them 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 Grafton County, NH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $33.2M a year, or $894 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 37,107 households in Grafton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Grafton County has 1.9 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $4.7M, 54% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Grafton County would have about 11, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,301 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Grafton County, NH growing?

Population estimates put Grafton County at 93,225 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,107 households. The median household income in Grafton County is $88,261 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Grafton County scores 69 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #230 of 1,327 scored counties.

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