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Collision repair and body shops in the Binghamton, NY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in the Binghamton, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #321 of 381 scored metro areas
#6 of 12 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 28
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- +10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $77.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 243,189
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For collision repair and body shops, the Binghamton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #321 of 381 scored metro areas and #6 of 12 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Binghamton metro area comes to about $77.9M a year: $761 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
There are 28 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Binghamton metro area as of September 2026. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.7, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Binghamton metro area in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,652 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $23K has gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Binghamton metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Binghamton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Binghamton metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Binghamton metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,652 | 3,845 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.0% | −5.2% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $761 | $642 | $958 |
| Median household income | $64,590 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22+10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 175
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 282 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $23K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Binghamton 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 Binghamton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 243,189−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 102,352
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,224 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 200
- Median household income
- $64,590+19.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,420
- Median home value
- $156,000
- Jobs located here
- 94,944
- Daytime population
- 240,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 49 | 90 | 2.3 | $3.5M | +1.9% | #206 of 381 |
| 2Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | 40 | 8 | 1.7 | $4.6M | −3.9% | #262 of 381 |
| 3Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 35 | 120 | 2.4 | $3.2M | −0.8% | #290 of 381 |
| 4Syracuse, NY | 35 | 72 | 2.7 | $3M | −1.3% | #291 of 381 |
| 5Rochester, NY | 35 | 126 | 2.8 | $2.8M | −0.7% | #293 of 381 |
| 6Binghamton, NY | 30 | 28 | 2.7 | $2.8M | −1.3% | #321 of 381 |
| 7Glens Falls, NY | 30 | 17 | 3.1 | $2.7M | −1.9% | #323 of 381 |
| 8Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 26 | 88 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +3.0% | #338 of 381 |
| 9Kingston, NY | 25 | 24 | 3.2 | $2.7M | +1.1% | #341 of 381 |
| 10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 19 | 2,148 | 2.9 | $2.2M | +0.6% | #363 of 381 |
Other business types in the Binghamton metro area
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 care20
- Auto repair shops17
- Collision repair and body shops30
- Car washes and detailing31
- Tire shops18
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations29
- Insurance agencies43
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 the Binghamton, NY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 collision repair and body shops in the Binghamton metro area. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 10.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Binghamton, NY metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $77.9M a year, or $761 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 102,352 households in the Binghamton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Binghamton, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Binghamton metro area has 2.7 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Binghamton metro area would have about 25, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,652 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Binghamton, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Binghamton metro area at 243,189 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 102,352 households. Median household income in the Binghamton metro area is $64,590, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.0%, 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. The Binghamton metro area scores 30 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #321 of 381 scored metro areas.
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