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Collision repair and body shops in McKean County, PA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in McKean County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,194 of 1,327 scored counties
#40 of 55 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $776 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
77% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,984
−3.5% 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, McKean County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,194 of 1,327 scored counties and #40 of 55 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 collision repair and body shops in McKean County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 77% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

At $776 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in McKean County spend about $12.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 54% 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 3 businesses with payroll in McKean County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 5,456 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in McKean County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How McKean County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 McKean County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureMcKean CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.53.43.1
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,4563,4433,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$776$837$958
Median household income$62,905$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score2517

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 3
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$549K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 McKean 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 McKean County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,984−3.5% since 2020
Households
16,369
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
980 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$62,905+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,484
Median home value
$104,500
Jobs located here
13,613
Daytime population
37,207Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, PA7952.1$4.6M+7.2%#77 of 1,327
2Perry County, PA6752.7$3.8M+2.1%#278 of 1,327
3Cumberland County, PA60302.8$3.3M+6.5%#435 of 1,327
4Armstrong County, PA5851.8$5M−2.7%#471 of 1,327
5Berks County, PA55422.6$3.6M+2.7%#534 of 1,327
6York County, PA55502.8$3.5M+3.6%#539 of 1,327
7Columbia County, PA5572.7$3.3M+2.3%#543 of 1,327
8Centre County, PA54142.4$3.5M−0.4%#564 of 1,327
9Lebanon County, PA54152.6$3.4M+2.2%#565 of 1,327
10Dauphin County, PA54373.0$2.8M+2.3%#578 of 1,327
40McKean County, PA2595.5$1.4M−3.5%#1,194 of 1,327

Other business types in McKean 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 McKean County, PA?

There are 9 collision repair and body shops on map listings in McKean County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in McKean County, PA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $12.7M a year, or $776 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 16,369 households in McKean County and national spending patterns by income.

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

McKean County has 5.5 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, McKean County would have about 4, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,456 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is McKean County, PA growing?

Population estimates put McKean County at 38,984 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,369 households. The median household income in McKean County is $62,905 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. McKean County scores 25 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,194 of 1,327 scored counties.

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