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Collision repair and body shops in the Sayre, PA area

The collision repair and body shops in the Sayre, PA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #338 of 387 scored small-town markets
#11 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania

Listings
12
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $890 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
59,600
−0.6% 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, the Sayre area has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #338 of 387 scored small-town markets and #11 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $890 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Sayre area spend about $21.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

The Sayre area has 12 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Sayre area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 3,076 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Sayre area declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Sayre area 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 Sayre, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureSayre areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.93.43.1
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,0763,4433,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$890$837$958
Median household income$63,675$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score2817

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
120 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 the Sayre area, 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 the Sayre area

Population, 2025 estimate
59,600−0.6% since 2020
Households
24,610
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,147 sq. mi.
People per square mile
52
Median household income
$63,675+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,904
Median home value
$187,500
Jobs located here
22,664
Daytime population
55,851Residents 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 small-town markets in Pennsylvania for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Sayre area marked.

Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania

Small-town markets in Pennsylvania ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hemlock Farms, PA8252.1$4.6M+7.2%#10 of 387
2Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA6372.7$3.3M+2.3%#100 of 387
3Sunbury, PA50122.6$3.2M−1.7%#184 of 387
4Pottsville, PA43193.3$2.7M+1.5%#249 of 387
5Somerset, PA39103.4$2.6M−2.7%#274 of 387
6Meadville, PA37103.0$2.7M−2.4%#289 of 387
7Warren, PA3663.7$2.3M−3.8%#295 of 387
8Huntingdon, PA3684.9$2M−2.4%#299 of 387
9Indiana, PA33123.7$2.3M−0.3%#310 of 387
10East Stroudsburg, PA31274.4$2.2M−0.7%#320 of 387
11Sayre, PA28124.9$1.8M−0.6%#338 of 387

Other business types in the Sayre area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Sayre, PA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 collision repair and body shops in the Sayre area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Sayre, PA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $21.9M a year, or $890 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,610 households in the Sayre area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Sayre area has 4.9 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Sayre area would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,076 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Sayre, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the Sayre area at 59,600 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,610 households. Median household income in the Sayre area is $63,675, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Sayre area scores 28 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #338 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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