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Collision repair and body shops in Seneca County, NY

How Seneca 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 12 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,311 of 1,327 scored counties
#50 of 52 scored counties in New York

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $816 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.4
42% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,883
−1.7% 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, Seneca County has a Groundwork market score of 12 (low): #1,311 of 1,327 scored counties and #50 of 52 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 collision repair and body shops in Seneca County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.4, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

At $816 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Seneca County spend about $11.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 6 collision repair and body shops, that is $1.9M per shop, 40% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Seneca County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Seneca County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Seneca 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 Seneca County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSeneca CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.42.83.1
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,8453,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.2%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$816$642$958
Median household income$68,089$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score1218

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
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
4The 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 Seneca 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 Seneca County

Population, 2025 estimate
32,883−1.7% since 2020
Households
13,606
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
324 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$68,089+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,874
Median home value
$155,400
Jobs located here
11,145
Daytime population
30,768Residents 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 Seneca 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
50Seneca County, NY1264.4$1.9M−1.7%#1,311 of 1,327

Other business types in Seneca 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 Seneca County, NY?

Seneca County has 6 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. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Seneca County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $11.1M a year, or $816 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 13,606 households in Seneca County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Seneca County has 4.4 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Seneca County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Seneca County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Seneca County at 32,883 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,606 households. The median household income in Seneca County is $68,089 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Seneca County scores 12 for collision repair and body shops (low), #1,311 of 1,327 scored counties.

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