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Collision repair and body shops in Delaware County, OH

The collision repair and body shops in Delaware County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 94 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #2 of 1,327 scored counties
#1 of 62 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
20
4 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$104.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,273 a household
Spending per listing
$5.2M
70% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
242,032
+12.5% 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, Delaware County has a Groundwork market score of 94 (very high): #2 of 1,327 scored counties and #1 of 62 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for collision repair and body shops.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 collision repair and body shops in Delaware County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 20%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Delaware County comes to about $104.8M a year: $1,273 per household, 33% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 70% above 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Delaware County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 5,878 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Delaware County. Population estimates show Delaware County grew 12.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Delaware 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 Delaware County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureDelaware CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.42.73.1
Spending per listing$5.2M$3.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,8784,5543,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.2%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,273$1,033$958
Median household income$133,540$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score9467

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 14
Employees, 2023
89
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
204 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$100K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Delaware 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 Delaware County

Population, 2025 estimate
242,032+12.5% since 2020
Households
82,287
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
443 sq. mi.
People per square mile
512
Median household income
$133,540+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$166,036
Median home value
$445,500
Jobs located here
105,243
Daytime population
220,218Residents 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 Delaware 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

Other business types in Delaware 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 Delaware County, OH?

There are 20 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Delaware County as of September 2026. 4 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

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

About $104.8M a year, or $1,273 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 82,287 households in Delaware County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Delaware County has 2.4 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $5.2M, 70% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Delaware County would have about 34, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,878 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Delaware County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Delaware County at 242,032 people in 2025, up 12.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 82,287 households. The median household income in Delaware County is $133,540 a year, 65% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.9% 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. Delaware County scores 94 for collision repair and body shops (very high), #2 of 1,327 scored counties.

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