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Also, body shops sell their repair data to Carfax, and to others I'm sure. It is just as likely Progressive got the data this way and not through CLUE. That said, it is definitely worth looking to see if its reported on your MVR or CLUE.
I've been around a lot of body shops in multiple states (including my own) and I can say that I have never seen this done by a single independent shop or owner, nor do I know anyone who was ever approached by Carfax(or anyone else) to buy their information. Maybe, large MSOs like Caliber/Abra, Service King, and Gerber sell theirs, but I highly doubt even that. If this were a way to make money, you can bet that it would be common knowledge, because profitability is so bad in that industry with the insurance intrusion.
If you are looking for a party that is most likely to do this, it is more likely that it is the estimating and data management companies that all shops are required to use for the insurance company data sharing (CCC, Mitchell, Audatex). There is a major debate right now about who "owns the information".