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Collision repair and body shops in Fairfield County, OH

How Fairfield 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 87 out of 100: High

Ranked #24 of 1,327 scored counties
#4 of 62 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
13
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$73.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,214 a household
Spending per listing
$5.6M
83% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,752
+6.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in Fairfield County is 87 (high), #24 of 1,327 scored counties and #4 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 13 collision repair and body shops in Fairfield County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Fairfield County comes to about $73.3M a year: $1,214 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. That works out to $5.6M per shop, 83% 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 Fairfield County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 4,643 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $5.4M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Fairfield County. Population estimates show Fairfield County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Fairfield 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 Fairfield County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureFairfield CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.22.73.1
Spending per listing$5.6M$3.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,6434,5543,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.2%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,214$1,033$958
Median household income$90,966$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score8767

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 13
Employees, 2023
112
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
131 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$5.4M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
169,752+6.5% since 2020
Households
60,357
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
504 sq. mi.
People per square mile
324
Median household income
$90,966+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$110,298
Median home value
$298,800
Jobs located here
45,097
Daytime population
132,629Residents 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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield County, OH?

There are 13 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Fairfield County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. 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 Fairfield County, OH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $73.3M a year, or $1,214 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 60,357 households in Fairfield County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fairfield County has 2.2 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $5.6M, 83% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Fairfield County would have about 24, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,643 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Fairfield County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Fairfield County at 169,752 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,357 households. The median household income in Fairfield County is $90,966 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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. Fairfield County scores 87 for collision repair and body shops (high), #24 of 1,327 scored counties.

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