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Collision repair and body shops in Shelby County, TN

How Shelby County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #808 of 1,327 scored counties
#34 of 42 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
97
16 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
72
+9.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$296.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $817 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.7
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
910,226
−2.1% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Shelby County comes to about $296.4M a year: $817 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Shelby County has 97 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Shelby County in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 5,038 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shelby County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Shelby County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #808 of 1,327 scored counties and #34 of 42 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Shelby 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 Shelby County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureShelby CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.72.53.1
Spending per listing$3.1M$3.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,0384,6073,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.1%−1.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$817$944$958
Median household income$63,767$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4374

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
66 → 72+9.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
922
Annual payroll, 2023
$60.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
9716 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
96The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County

Population, 2025 estimate
910,226−2.1% since 2020
Households
362,741
Median age
36.7
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
753 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,221
Median household income
$63,767+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,646
Median home value
$249,100
Jobs located here
497,377
Daytime population
1,001,197Residents 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 Shelby 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
34Shelby County, TN43972.7$3.1M−2.1%#808 of 1,327

Other business types in Shelby County

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 Shelby County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 97 collision repair and body shops in Shelby County. 16 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019.

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

About $296.4M a year, or $817 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 97 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 362,741 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Shelby County 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 $3.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Shelby County would have about 96, against 97 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,038 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Shelby County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Shelby County at 910,226 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 362,741 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $63,767, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 43 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #808 of 1,327 scored counties.

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