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Collision repair and body shops in Gila County, AZ

How Gila County, AZ 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #625 of 1,327 scored counties
#10 of 11 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,011 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
23% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,801
+0.9% 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 9 collision repair and body shops in Gila County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 23% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Households in Gila County spend about $23.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,011 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 14% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Gila County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 4,729 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Gila County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, Gila County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #625 of 1,327 scored counties and #10 of 11 scored counties in Arizona.

How Gila County compares

The same measures for Arizona 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 Gila County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureGila CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.82.73.1
Spending per listing$2.7M$3.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,7294,9073,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.5%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,011$1,037$958
Median household income$61,986$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score5281

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Gila 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 Gila County

Population, 2025 estimate
53,801+0.9% since 2020
Households
23,645
Median age
49.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
4,758 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$61,986+42.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,972
Median home value
$269,400
Jobs located here
13,608
Daytime population
48,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Arizona

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The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Gila County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ94211.3$8.5M+25.4%#1 of 1,327
2Yavapai County, AZ78252.2$4.9M+6.5%#88 of 1,327
3Cochise County, AZ77102.0$5.4M+0.6%#100 of 1,327
4Navajo County, AZ7251.2$7.9M+3.0%#164 of 1,327
5Maricopa County, AZ715012.9$3.6M+5.5%#196 of 1,327
6Mohave County, AZ71323.1$3.3M+6.5%#197 of 1,327
7Pima County, AZ701112.5$3.8M+2.8%#218 of 1,327
8Yuma County, AZ69202.5$3.8M+9.2%#239 of 1,327
9Coconino County, AZ65152.7$3.9M−0.6%#315 of 1,327
10Gila County, AZ5293.8$2.7M+0.9%#625 of 1,327

Other business types in Gila County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Gila County, AZ?

Gila County has 9 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Gila County, AZ spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $23.9M a year, or $1,011 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 23,645 households in Gila County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Gila County has 3.8 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Gila County would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,729 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Gila County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Gila County at 53,801 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,645 households. The median household income in Gila County is $61,986 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.4% 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. Gila County scores 52 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #625 of 1,327 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for collision repair and body shops · All 56 business types in Gila County

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