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Collision repair and body shops in Schenectady County, NY

How Schenectady County, NY 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 #621 of 1,327 scored counties
#4 of 52 scored counties in New York

Listings
18
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$51M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $762 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.7
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
162,581
+3.0% 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 18 collision repair and body shops in Schenectady County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 11%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.7, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Schenectady County comes to about $51M a year: $762 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 collision repair and body shops, that is $2.8M per shop, 8% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Schenectady County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 6,082 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $390K have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Schenectady County.

Population estimates put the population change in Schenectady County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in Schenectady County is 52 (upper middle), #621 of 1,327 scored counties and #4 of 52 scored counties in New York.

How Schenectady 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 Schenectady County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSchenectady CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.72.83.1
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment6,0823,8453,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.2%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$762$642$958
Median household income$79,623$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5218

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 11
Employees, 2023
76
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
182 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$390K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
162,581+3.0% since 2020
Households
66,902
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
205 sq. mi.
People per square mile
784
Median household income
$79,623+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,936
Median home value
$235,700
Jobs located here
59,344
Daytime population
143,291Residents 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 Schenectady 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

Other business types in Schenectady County

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Schenectady County, NY?

There are 18 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Schenectady County as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

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

About $51M a year, or $762 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 66,902 households in Schenectady County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Schenectady County 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, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Schenectady County would have about 17, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,082 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Schenectady County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Schenectady County at 162,581 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 66,902 households. The median household income in Schenectady County is $79,623 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. Schenectady County scores 52 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #621 of 1,327 scored counties.

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