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Collision repair and body shops in Sussex County, NJ

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #614 of 1,327 scored counties
#14 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
19
1 chain location (5%)
Official establishments
23
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$62M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,074 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
148,063
+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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 collision repair and body shops in Sussex County. One of them (5%) is a chain location, 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 Sussex County spend about $62M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,074 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per shop, 6% 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 23 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Sussex County in 2023. That is one for every 2,512 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Sussex County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sussex County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, Sussex County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #614 of 1,327 scored counties and #14 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.

How Sussex County compares

The same measures for New Jersey 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 Sussex County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureSussex CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.32.83.1
Spending per listing$3.3M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,5123,6393,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.4%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,074$865$958
Median household income$116,186$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score5241

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 23
Employees, 2023
112
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
191 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Sussex 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 Sussex County

Population, 2025 estimate
148,063+2.9% since 2020
Households
57,767
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
519 sq. mi.
People per square mile
281
Median household income
$116,186+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$144,531
Median home value
$369,400
Jobs located here
36,880
Daytime population
105,437Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across New Jersey

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

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Somerset County, NJ80211.6$6.4M+3.5%#65 of 1,327
2Burlington County, NJ72372.1$4.7M+4.3%#170 of 1,327
3Ocean County, NJ68552.3$4M+5.6%#257 of 1,327
4Cape May County, NJ6571.6$5.8M−1.7%#308 of 1,327
5Atlantic County, NJ63151.4$6M+1.6%#359 of 1,327
6Mercer County, NJ63312.2$4M+3.3%#365 of 1,327
7Salem County, NJ6362.4$3.8M+2.3%#368 of 1,327
8Cumberland County, NJ62122.2$3.9M+2.2%#383 of 1,327
9Camden County, NJ60452.2$3.7M+2.4%#429 of 1,327
10Morris County, NJ58522.7$3.8M+3.2%#475 of 1,327
14Sussex County, NJ52193.3$3.3M+2.9%#614 of 1,327

Other business types in Sussex County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Sussex County, NJ?

There are 19 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Sussex County as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Sussex County, NJ spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $62M a year, or $1,074 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 57,767 households in Sussex County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sussex County 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 $3.3M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Sussex County would have about 20, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,512 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Sussex County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Sussex County at 148,063 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,767 households. The median household income in Sussex County is $116,186 a year, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Sussex County scores 52 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #614 of 1,327 scored counties.

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