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Collision repair and body shops in the Spartanburg, SC metro area

How the Spartanburg, SC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #244 of 381 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
52
11 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
39
+8.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$133.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $933 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.6
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
407,656
+14.3% 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 52 collision repair and body shops in the Spartanburg metro area. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Households in the Spartanburg metro area spend about $133.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $933 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per shop, 17% 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 39 businesses with payroll in the Spartanburg metro area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair, up 8.3% from 2019. That is one for every 3,674 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $550K have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Spartanburg metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Spartanburg metro area grew 14.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Spartanburg metro area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #244 of 381 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.

How the Spartanburg metro 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 Spartanburg, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureSpartanburg metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.63.03.1
Spending per listing$2.6M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,6744,3143,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.3%+5.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$933$907$958
Median household income$64,382$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score4459

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
39+8.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
232
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5211 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$550K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Spartanburg metro 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 Spartanburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
407,656+14.3% since 2020
Households
143,283
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,322 sq. mi.
People per square mile
283
Median household income
$64,382
Average household income
$85,260
Median home value
$225,000
Jobs located here
167,419
Daytime population
371,898Residents 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 metro areas in South Carolina for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Spartanburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in South Carolina ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Charleston-North Charleston, SC66842.5$3.7M+10.7%#89 of 381
2Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC63252.6$3.4M+12.0%#109 of 381
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC61612.6$3.5M+4.7%#123 of 381
3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC591132.9$3.2M+9.0%#143 of 381
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC533343.1$3.1M+10.1%#182 of 381
4Columbia, SC441073.2$2.9M+6.0%#240 of 381
5Spartanburg, SC44523.6$2.6M+14.3%#244 of 381
6Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC38503.1$2.7M+20.9%#275 of 381
7Sumter, SC31174.1$2.1M−0.3%#319 of 381
8Florence, SC28283.6$2.4M+0.9%#333 of 381

Other business types in the Spartanburg metro 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 Spartanburg, SC metro area?

There are 52 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Spartanburg metro area as of September 2026. 11 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019.

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

About $133.7M a year, or $933 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 143,283 households in the Spartanburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Spartanburg metro area has 3.6 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Spartanburg metro area would have about 43, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,674 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Spartanburg, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Spartanburg metro area at 407,656 people in 2025, up 14.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,283 households. The median household income in the Spartanburg metro area is $64,382 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Spartanburg metro area scores 44 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #244 of 381 scored metro areas.

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