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Collision repair and body shops in Franklin County, OH

How Franklin 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #237 of 1,327 scored counties
#19 of 62 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
137
29 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
103
+15.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$529.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $957 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
25% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.5
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,361,536
+2.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 137 collision repair and body shops in Franklin County. 29 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Households in Franklin County spend about $529.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $957 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 137 collision repair and body shops, that is $3.9M per shop, 25% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 103 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair, up 15.7% from 2019. That is one for every 5,370 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Franklin County.

Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #237 of 1,327 scored counties and #19 of 62 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Franklin 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 Franklin County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.52.73.1
Spending per listing$3.9M$3.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,3704,5543,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.7%−0.2%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$957$1,033$958
Median household income$75,176$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6967

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
89 → 103+15.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
937
Annual payroll, 2023
$58M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
13729 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
172The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,361,536+2.8% since 2020
Households
553,099
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
532 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,504
Median household income
$75,176+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,381
Median home value
$288,400
Jobs located here
814,719
Daytime population
1,507,964Residents 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 Franklin 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
19Franklin County, OH691372.5$3.9M+2.8%#237 of 1,327

Other business types in Franklin 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 Franklin County, OH?

There are 137 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. 29 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 15.7% from 2019.

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

About $529.2M a year, or $957 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 137 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 553,099 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Franklin County has 2.5 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.9M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Franklin County would have about 172, against 137 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,370 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 1,361,536 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 553,099 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $75,176 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Franklin County scores 69 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #237 of 1,327 scored counties.

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