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Collision repair and body shops in Ashtabula County, OH

How Ashtabula County, OH 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #916 of 1,327 scored counties
#60 of 62 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $994 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
96,713
−0.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 collision repair and body shops in Ashtabula County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.6 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Households in Ashtabula County spend about $39M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $994 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 10% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Ashtabula County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 3,019 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Ashtabula County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For collision repair and body shops, Ashtabula County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #916 of 1,327 scored counties and #60 of 62 scored counties in Ohio.

How Ashtabula County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Ashtabula County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureAshtabula CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.62.73.1
Spending per listing$2.8M$3.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,0194,5543,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.2%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$994$1,033$958
Median household income$57,728$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3967

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 13
Employees, 2023
59
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Ashtabula 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 Ashtabula County

Population, 2025 estimate
96,713−0.8% since 2020
Households
39,245
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
702 sq. mi.
People per square mile
138
Median household income
$57,728+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,486
Median home value
$159,500
Jobs located here
28,465
Daytime population
87,281Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Ashtabula County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH94202.4$5.2M+12.5%#2 of 1,327
2Warren County, OH92111.2$10.7M+5.7%#7 of 1,327
3Pickaway County, OH8862.7$4.3M+7.4%#18 of 1,327
4Fairfield County, OH87132.2$5.6M+6.5%#24 of 1,327
5Greene County, OH86142.1$5.5M+3.7%#29 of 1,327
6Knox County, OH8252.1$5.4M+1.9%#51 of 1,327
7Wood County, OH81112.0$5.4M+1.5%#58 of 1,327
8Shelby County, OH7852.6$4.6M−0.2%#90 of 1,327
9Brown County, OH7652.9$4.4M+1.6%#118 of 1,327
10Medina County, OH75172.3$5.2M+1.3%#128 of 1,327
60Ashtabula County, OH39143.6$2.8M−0.8%#916 of 1,327

Other business types in Ashtabula 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 Ashtabula County, OH?

Ashtabula County has 14 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Ashtabula County, OH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $39M a year, or $994 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 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 39,245 households in Ashtabula County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ashtabula County has 3.6 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Ashtabula County would have about 13, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,019 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Ashtabula County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Ashtabula County at 96,713 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 39,245 households. The median household income in Ashtabula County is $57,728 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Ashtabula County scores 39 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #916 of 1,327 scored counties.

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