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Collision repair and body shops in Jackson County, NC

How Jackson County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$16.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $917 a household
Spending per listing
$8.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
45,039
+6.9% 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

At $917 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Jackson County spend about $16.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $8.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Jackson County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Jackson County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Jackson County grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Jackson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Jackson County 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 Jackson County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureJackson CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.12.73.1
Spending per listing$8.4M$3.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,2403,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.9%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.9%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$917$939$958
Median household income$55,815$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored68

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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County

Population, 2025 estimate
45,039+6.9% since 2020
Households
18,430
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
491 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$55,815+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,171
Median home value
$284,700
Jobs located here
17,917
Daytime population
46,061Residents 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 counties in North Carolina for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Jackson County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chatham County, NC8961.8$5.9M+11.0%#13 of 1,327
2Brunswick County, NC87111.6$6M+26.5%#22 of 1,327
3Moore County, NC8251.1$8.5M+10.3%#45 of 1,327
4Granville County, NC7952.2$4.8M+2.1%#76 of 1,327
5Orange County, NC79122.1$4.5M+6.1%#79 of 1,327
6Johnston County, NC77212.5$4.3M+17.9%#104 of 1,327
7Harnett County, NC75122.4$4.2M+12.3%#130 of 1,327
8Nash County, NC7592.3$4.1M+3.9%#132 of 1,327
9Alamance County, NC73152.1$4.4M+8.5%#155 of 1,327
10Carteret County, NC7272.2$4.3M+4.1%#172 of 1,327
Jackson County, NCNot scored21.1$8.4M+6.9%

Other business types in Jackson County

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Jackson County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 collision repair and body shops in Jackson County. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Jackson County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Jackson County, NC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $16.9M a year, or $917 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $8.4M 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 18,430 households in Jackson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jackson County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Jackson County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Jackson County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Jackson County at 45,039 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,430 households. Median household income in Jackson County is $55,815, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. Jackson County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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