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Collision repair and body shops in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area

How the Clarksville, TN-KY 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #156 of 381 scored metro areas
#7 of 9 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
34
9 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
31
+27.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$115.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $927 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.7
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
349,001
+8.5% 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

At $927 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Clarksville metro area spend about $115.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 34 collision repair and body shops, that is $3.4M per shop, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

There are 34 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Clarksville metro area as of September 2026. 9 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.7, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in the Clarksville metro area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair, up 27.3% from 2019. That is one for every 4,028 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Clarksville metro area grew 8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, the Clarksville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #156 of 381 scored metro areas and #7 of 9 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.

How the Clarksville metro area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Clarksville, TN-KY metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureClarksville metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.72.53.1
Spending per listing$3.4M$3.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,0284,6073,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+27.3%−1.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$927$944$958
Median household income$68,967$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5774

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
31+27.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
204
Annual payroll, 2023
$12M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
349 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The 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 Clarksville 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 Clarksville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
349,001+8.5% since 2020
Households
124,867
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,158 sq. mi.
People per square mile
155
Median household income
$68,967+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,173
Median home value
$253,300
Jobs located here
93,447
Daytime population
310,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Clarksville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Knoxville, TN82762.0$4.8M+6.9%#8 of 381
2Cleveland, TN80122.4$4.2M+6.1%#11 of 381
3Chattanooga, TN-GA79492.1$4.5M+5.3%#14 of 381
4Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN722082.5$3.9M+8.7%#49 of 381
5Johnson City, TN71192.1$4.4M+4.3%#53 of 381
6Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA61312.4$3.9M+2.3%#120 of 381
7Clarksville, TN-KY57342.7$3.4M+8.5%#156 of 381
8Memphis, TN-MS-AR461382.6$3.3M−0.3%#224 of 381
9Jackson, TN22294.0$2.2M+2.2%#352 of 381

Other business types in the Clarksville metro area

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

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 34 collision repair and body shops in the Clarksville metro area. 9 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 27.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $115.8M a year, or $927 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 124,867 households in the Clarksville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Clarksville metro area has 2.7 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.4M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Clarksville metro area would have about 38, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,028 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Clarksville metro area at 349,001 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 124,867 households. Median household income in the Clarksville metro area is $68,967, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. The Clarksville metro area scores 57 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #156 of 381 scored metro areas.

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