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Collision repair and body shops in Lee County, SC

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $859 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
15,730
−5.0% 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

Households in Lee County spend about $5.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $859 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no collision repair and body shops in Lee County. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Lee County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Lee County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Lee County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no collision repair and body shops on map listings, Lee County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Lee County compares

The same measures for South Carolina 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 Lee County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureLee CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.03.1
Spending per listingn/a$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,3143,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$859$907$958
Median household income$44,760$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Lee 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 Lee County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,730−5.0% since 2020
Households
6,351
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
410 sq. mi.
People per square mile
39
Median household income
$44,760+38.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$56,408
Median home value
$104,600
Jobs located here
3,773
Daytime population
12,067Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across South Carolina

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

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Aiken County, SC81152.1$4.5M+7.3%#63 of 1,327
2Berkeley County, SC80202.1$4.4M+18.7%#72 of 1,327
3Pickens County, SC77122.3$4.2M+5.7%#105 of 1,327
4Georgetown County, SC7651.8$5M+3.8%#113 of 1,327
5Beaufort County, SC76182.2$4.1M+8.9%#124 of 1,327
6Dorchester County, SC72172.7$3.5M+10.1%#182 of 1,327
7York County, SC64332.9$3.5M+8.1%#346 of 1,327
8Greenville County, SC64622.8$3.3M+10.6%#352 of 1,327
9Laurens County, SC6393.3$2.8M+6.2%#377 of 1,327
10Charleston County, SC60472.6$3.4M+6.4%#434 of 1,327
Lee County, SCNot scored00.0n/a−5.0%

Other business types in Lee 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 Lee County, SC?

There are no collision repair and body shops on map listings in Lee County as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Lee County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Lee County, SC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $5.5M a year, or $859 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 6,351 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lee County has no collision repair and body shops on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Lee County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Lee County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Lee County at 15,730 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,351 households. Median household income in Lee County is $44,760, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.3%, 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. Lee County has no market score for collision repair and body shops, having none on map listings.

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