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Collision repair and body shops in the Newberry, SC area

How the Newberry, SC area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $942 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,561
+4.8% 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

Households in the Newberry area spend about $14.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $942 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per shop, 17% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

The Newberry area has 4 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Newberry area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,831 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Newberry area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 collision repair and body shops on map listings, the Newberry area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Newberry area 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 Newberry, SC area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureNewberry areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.63.03.1
Spending per listing$3.6M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,8314,3143,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$942$907$958
Median household income$61,780$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$779K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Newberry 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 Newberry area

Population, 2025 estimate
39,561+4.8% since 2020
Households
15,325
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
630 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$61,780+39.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,240
Median home value
$173,300
Jobs located here
15,662
Daytime population
36,412Residents 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 small-town markets in South Carolina for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with the Newberry area marked.

Top small-town markets in South Carolina

Small-town markets in South Carolina ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Murrells Inlet, SC8151.8$5M+3.8%#13 of 387
2Greenwood, SC58112.9$2.9M+1.7%#127 of 387
3Orangeburg, SC49103.0$2.7M−0.9%#197 of 387
4Gaffney, SC3694.1$2.2M+3.7%#296 of 387
Newberry, SCNot scored42.6$3.6M+4.8%

Other business types in the Newberry 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 Newberry, SC area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 collision repair and body shops in the Newberry area. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Newberry, SC area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $14.4M a year, or $942 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 15,325 households in the Newberry area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Newberry area has 2.6 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Newberry area would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,831 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Newberry, SC area growing?

Population estimates put the Newberry area at 39,561 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,325 households. Median household income in the Newberry area is $61,780, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.7%, 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 Newberry area has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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