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Collision repair and body shops in Montgomery County, NY

The collision repair and body shops in Montgomery County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,059 of 1,327 scored counties
#35 of 52 scored counties in New York

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $778 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,046
+1.1% 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

For collision repair and body shops, Montgomery County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,059 of 1,327 scored counties and #35 of 52 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 collision repair and body shops in Montgomery County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Montgomery County comes to about $15.3M a year: $778 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 collision repair and body shops, that is $2.5M per shop, 17% 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 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Montgomery County in 2023. That is one for every 3,267 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Montgomery County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Montgomery County 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Montgomery County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.12.83.1
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,2673,8453,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.2%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$778$642$958
Median household income$64,943$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3218

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
50,046+1.1% since 2020
Households
19,603
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
403 sq. mi.
People per square mile
123
Median household income
$64,943+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,002
Median home value
$157,500
Jobs located here
18,287
Daytime population
48,064Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across New York

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

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saratoga County, NY70181.8$5.2M+2.3%#205 of 1,327
2New York County, NY63180.2$11.7M−1.3%#358 of 1,327
3Tioga County, NY5252.5$3.6M−1.9%#610 of 1,327
4Schenectady County, NY52182.7$2.8M+3.0%#621 of 1,327
5Ontario County, NY51132.7$3.2M+0.6%#637 of 1,327
6Albany County, NY51322.4$3.2M+2.2%#639 of 1,327
7Clinton County, NY5072.1$3.9M−2.0%#649 of 1,327
8Herkimer County, NY4962.3$3.4M−1.4%#669 of 1,327
9Washington County, NY4672.9$3M−2.9%#751 of 1,327
10Erie County, NY45952.3$3.2M−0.6%#772 of 1,327
35Montgomery County, NY3263.1$2.5M+1.1%#1,059 of 1,327

Other business types in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, NY?

There are 6 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Montgomery County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Montgomery County, NY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $15.3M a year, or $778 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 19,603 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montgomery County has 3.1 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,267 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 50,046 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,603 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $64,943 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. Montgomery County scores 32 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,059 of 1,327 scored counties.

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