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Collision repair and body shops in the McMinnville, TN area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in the McMinnville, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #287 of 387 scored small-town markets
#11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $980 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.8
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,717
+6.5% 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

Households in the McMinnville area spend about $15.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $980 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 11 collision repair and body shops, that is $1.4M per shop, 53% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

The McMinnville area has 11 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 6.8 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the McMinnville area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 2,701 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $48K has gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the McMinnville area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the McMinnville area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in the McMinnville area is 38 (lower middle), #287 of 387 scored small-town markets and #11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.

How the McMinnville 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 McMinnville, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMcMinnville areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.82.53.1
Spending per listing$1.4M$3.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,7014,6073,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$980$944$958
Median household income$55,487$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score3874

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
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
1
Amount
$48K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
43,717+6.5% since 2020
Households
16,203
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
433 sq. mi.
People per square mile
97
Median household income
$55,487+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,703
Median home value
$192,900
Jobs located here
12,649
Daytime population
36,573Residents 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 small-town markets in Tennessee for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the McMinnville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Athens, TN8651.9$5.5M+8.2%#7 of 387
2Cookeville, TN78111.9$5.1M+7.6%#25 of 387
3Lawrenceburg, TN7852.9$3.4M+6.2%#28 of 387
4Sevierville, TN75102.5$4M+2.5%#37 of 387
5Winchester, TN7452.9$3.5M+6.4%#44 of 387
6Greeneville, TN7382.8$3.4M+5.0%#47 of 387
7Newport, TN6653.2$2.8M+5.1%#82 of 387
8Tullahoma-Manchester, TN6093.5$2.7M+7.3%#114 of 387
9Crossville, TN51124.3$2.2M+8.0%#181 of 387
10Shelbyville, TN43115.6$2M+9.7%#251 of 387
11McMinnville, TN38116.8$1.4M+6.5%#287 of 387

Other business types in the McMinnville 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 McMinnville, TN area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 collision repair and body shops in the McMinnville area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the McMinnville, TN area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $15.9M a year, or $980 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 16,203 households in the McMinnville area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The McMinnville area has 6.8 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the McMinnville area would have about 5, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,701 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the McMinnville, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the McMinnville area at 43,717 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,203 households. Median household income in the McMinnville area is $55,487, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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 McMinnville area scores 38 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #287 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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