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Collision repair and body shops in Davidson County, TN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #254 of 1,327 scored counties
#19 of 42 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
65
15 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
57
−8.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$271.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $836 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
36% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
745,904
+4.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 65 collision repair and body shops in Davidson County. 15 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Davidson County comes to about $271.6M a year: $836 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per shop, 36% above 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.

Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Davidson County in 2023, down 8.1% from 2019. That is one for every 5,700 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $637K have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Davidson County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Davidson County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Davidson County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #254 of 1,327 scored counties and #19 of 42 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Davidson County 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 Davidson County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureDavidson CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.02.53.1
Spending per listing$4.2M$3.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,7004,6073,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−8.1%−1.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$836$944$958
Median household income$77,853$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6874

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
62 → 57−8.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
577
Annual payroll, 2023
$37.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6515 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$637K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Davidson 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 Davidson County

Population, 2025 estimate
745,904+4.2% since 2020
Households
324,907
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
504 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,421
Median household income
$77,853+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,747
Median home value
$417,400
Jobs located here
594,502
Daytime population
954,372Residents 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 counties in Tennessee for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Davidson County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN87212.3$5M+9.0%#26 of 1,327
2Loudon County, TN8472.9$3.8M+15.6%#36 of 1,327
3Hamilton County, TN80281.8$5.1M+6.2%#69 of 1,327
4Rutherford County, TN80292.2$4.5M+12.6%#71 of 1,327
5Anderson County, TN7972.1$4.4M+6.1%#80 of 1,327
6Roane County, TN7962.6$3.9M+7.0%#82 of 1,327
7Knox County, TN78351.7$5.3M+6.5%#86 of 1,327
8McMinn County, TN7852.4$4.4M+7.6%#91 of 1,327
9Sumner County, TN78192.4$4.3M+9.2%#92 of 1,327
10Bradley County, TN78102.3$4.2M+6.1%#95 of 1,327
19Davidson County, TN68652.0$4.2M+4.2%#254 of 1,327

Other business types in Davidson County

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Davidson County, TN?

Davidson County has 65 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, down 8.1% from 2019.

How much do households in Davidson County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $271.6M a year, or $836 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 324,907 households in Davidson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Davidson County has 2.0 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $4.2M, 36% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Davidson County would have about 88, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,700 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Davidson County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Davidson County at 745,904 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 324,907 households. The median household income in Davidson County is $77,853 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Davidson County scores 68 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #254 of 1,327 scored counties.

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