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Collision repair and body shops in the Greenville, NC metro area

How the Greenville, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #309 of 381 scored metro areas
#15 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina

Listings
26
4 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
19
−13.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$61.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $821 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
182,936
+5.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in the Greenville metro area is 34 (lower middle), #309 of 381 scored metro areas and #15 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Greenville metro area spend about $61.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $821 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per shop, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

The Greenville metro area has 26 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 13% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Greenville metro area was 19 in 2023, down 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 3,923 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Greenville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Greenville metro area compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Greenville, NC metro area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGreenville metro areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.52.73.1
Spending per listing$2.4M$3.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,9234,2403,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−13.6%+0.9%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.4%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$821$939$958
Median household income$58,188$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score3468

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19−13.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
100
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
264 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Greenville 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 Greenville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
182,936+5.4% since 2020
Households
74,533
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
652 sq. mi.
People per square mile
272
Median household income
$58,188+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,802
Median home value
$208,900
Jobs located here
82,213
Daytime population
183,443Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Greenville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in North Carolina ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC8351.1$8.5M+10.3%#3 of 381
2Rocky Mount, NC77111.9$5M+2.8%#23 of 381
3Durham-Chapel Hill, NC75542.2$4.1M+7.5%#28 of 381
4Winston-Salem, NC74672.4$4M+5.3%#37 of 381
5Burlington, NC73152.1$4.4M+8.5%#41 of 381
6Jacksonville, NC73162.1$4.3M+6.0%#42 of 381
7Raleigh-Cary, NC721362.4$4.1M+12.6%#47 of 381
8Wilmington, NC69462.3$4M+15.9%#66 of 381
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC601562.2$4.1M+0.9%#127 of 381
9Greensboro-High Point, NC53902.8$3.2M+4.1%#178 of 381
15Greenville, NC34263.5$2.4M+5.4%#309 of 381

Other business types in the Greenville metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Greenville, NC metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 collision repair and body shops in the Greenville metro area. 4 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, down 13.6% from 2019.

How much do households in the Greenville, NC metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $61.2M a year, or $821 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 74,533 households in the Greenville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Greenville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Greenville metro area has 3.5 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Greenville metro area would have about 20, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,923 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Greenville, NC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Greenville metro area at 182,936 people in 2025, up 5.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,533 households. Median household income in the Greenville metro area is $58,188, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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 Greenville metro area scores 34 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #309 of 381 scored metro areas.

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