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Collision repair and body shops in the Union City, TN area

The collision repair and body shops in the Union City, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #364 of 387 scored small-town markets
#12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $841 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
57% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
2.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,067
−2.3% 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

For collision repair and body shops, the Union City area has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #364 of 387 scored small-town markets and #12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 collision repair and body shops in the Union City area. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.1.

At $841 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Union City area spend about $10.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $1.3M per shop, 57% 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Union City area in 2023. That is one for every 4,176 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Union City area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Union City 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 Union City, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureUnion City areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.42.53.1
Spending per listing$1.3M$3.7M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,1764,6073,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$841$944$958
Median household income$54,613$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score2374

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Union City 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 Union City area

Population, 2025 estimate
30,067−2.3% since 2020
Households
12,527
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
545 sq. mi.
People per square mile
56
Median household income
$54,613+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,466
Median home value
$133,600
Jobs located here
12,524
Daytime population
30,043Residents 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 Union City 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
12Union City, TN2386.4$1.3M−2.3%#364 of 387

Other business types in the Union City 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 Union City, TN area?

There are 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Union City area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

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

About $10.5M a year, or $841 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 12,527 households in the Union City area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Union City area has 6.4 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Union City area would have about 3, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,176 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Union City, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Union City area at 30,067 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,527 households. The median household income in the Union City area is $54,613 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. 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 Union City area scores 23 for collision repair and body shops (low), #364 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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