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Collision repair and body shops in the Seneca Falls, NY area
How the Seneca Falls, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #381 of 387 scored small-town markets
#12 of 13 scored small-town markets based 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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What this means
For collision repair and body shops, the Seneca Falls area has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #381 of 387 scored small-town markets and #12 of 13 scored small-town markets based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Seneca Falls area spend about $11.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $816 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 collision repair and body shops, that is $1.9M per shop, 40% 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 6 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Seneca Falls area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Seneca Falls area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Seneca Falls area declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Seneca Falls 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 | Seneca Falls area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,845 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/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 score | 14 | 18 |
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 the Seneca Falls 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 Seneca Falls area
- 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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Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Plattsburgh, NY | 55 | 7 | 2.1 | $3.9M | −2.0% | #148 of 387 |
| 2Oneonta, NY | 50 | 7 | 3.0 | $2.7M | +3.8% | #186 of 387 |
| 3Auburn, NY | 47 | 7 | 2.2 | $3.7M | −2.3% | #212 of 387 |
| 4Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 47 | 10 | 2.4 | $3.2M | −2.5% | #213 of 387 |
| 5Monticello, NY | 47 | 11 | 3.5 | $2.4M | +2.7% | #215 of 387 |
| 6Hudson, NY | 46 | 6 | 2.3 | $3.9M | −2.1% | #222 of 387 |
| 7Corning, NY | 41 | 11 | 2.8 | $2.9M | −1.6% | #259 of 387 |
| 8Gloversville, NY | 39 | 6 | 2.6 | $3M | −1.6% | #273 of 387 |
| 9Amsterdam, NY | 39 | 6 | 3.1 | $2.5M | +1.1% | #275 of 387 |
| 10Cortland, NY | 37 | 5 | 2.6 | $3.2M | −1.9% | #288 of 387 |
| 12Seneca Falls, NY | 14 | 6 | 4.4 | $1.9M | −1.7% | #381 of 387 |
Other business types in the Seneca Falls 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 care25
- Auto repair shops20
- Collision repair and body shops14
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops33
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations27
- Insurance agencies63
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 Seneca Falls, NY area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 collision repair and body shops in the Seneca Falls area. 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 the Seneca Falls area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Seneca Falls, NY area 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. 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 13,606 households in the Seneca Falls area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Seneca Falls, NY area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Seneca Falls area 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 U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Seneca Falls area would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Seneca Falls, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Seneca Falls area at 32,883 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,606 households. Median household income in the Seneca Falls area is $68,089, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Seneca Falls area scores 14 for collision repair and body shops (low), #381 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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