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Collision repair and body shops in Benton County, AR

The collision repair and body shops in Benton County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #226 of 1,327 scored counties
#1 of 23 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
34
8 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
24
+14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$112.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,009 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
332,554
+16.0% 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 Benton County comes to about $112.9M a year: $1,009 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Benton County has 34 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Benton County was 24 in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 4,663 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Benton County.

Population estimates put the population change in Benton County from 2020 to 2025 at +16.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, Benton County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #226 of 1,327 scored counties and #1 of 23 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Benton County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Benton County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureBenton CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.03.53.1
Spending per listing$3.3M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,6633,6113,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.3%−3.5%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.0%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,009$886$958
Median household income$93,506$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score7032

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21 → 24+14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
174
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
348 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Benton 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 Benton County

Population, 2025 estimate
332,554+16.0% since 2020
Households
111,919
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
848 sq. mi.
People per square mile
358
Median household income
$93,506+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$126,066
Median home value
$323,500
Jobs located here
151,032
Daytime population
313,270Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Arkansas

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

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR70343.0$3.3M+16.0%#226 of 1,327
2Lonoke County, AR6362.1$4.6M+3.5%#360 of 1,327
3Saline County, AR62173.4$2.8M+7.6%#398 of 1,327
4Washington County, AR59313.2$2.9M+9.9%#464 of 1,327
5Pope County, AR5072.9$3.2M+2.5%#655 of 1,327
6Greene County, AR4852.8$3M+3.4%#696 of 1,327
7Craighead County, AR48153.4$2.6M+4.8%#708 of 1,327
8Crawford County, AR4783.4$2.8M+4.1%#721 of 1,327
9Jefferson County, AR4662.5$3.2M−5.7%#749 of 1,327
10Pulaski County, AR46502.9$2.8M+1.3%#756 of 1,327

Other business types in Benton 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 Benton County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 collision repair and body shops in Benton County. 8 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Benton County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $112.9M a year, or $1,009 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 111,919 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Benton County has 3.0 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Benton County would have about 37, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,663 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Benton County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Benton County at 332,554 people in 2025, up 16.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,919 households. Median household income in Benton County is $93,506, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. 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. Benton County scores 70 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #226 of 1,327 scored counties.

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