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Collision repair and body shops in Garland County, AR
How Garland County, AR 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 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,309 of 1,327 scored counties
#22 of 23 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 25
- 5 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $37.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $860 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 51% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 84% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,695
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
For collision repair and body shops, Garland County has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #1,309 of 1,327 scored counties and #22 of 23 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 collision repair and body shops in Garland County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 84% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Garland County comes to about $37.5M a year: $860 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 51% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Garland County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,079 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Garland County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Garland 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.
| Measure | Garland County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,079 | 3,611 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −3.5% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $860 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,181 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 210.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 255 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Garland 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 Garland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,695−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 43,667
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 678 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 148
- Median household income
- $57,181+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,414
- Median home value
- $194,300
- Jobs located here
- 38,998
- Daytime population
- 100,390Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Garland County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 70 | 34 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +16.0% | #226 of 1,327 |
| 2Lonoke County, AR | 63 | 6 | 2.1 | $4.6M | +3.5% | #360 of 1,327 |
| 3Saline County, AR | 62 | 17 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +7.6% | #398 of 1,327 |
| 4Washington County, AR | 59 | 31 | 3.2 | $2.9M | +9.9% | #464 of 1,327 |
| 5Pope County, AR | 50 | 7 | 2.9 | $3.2M | +2.5% | #655 of 1,327 |
| 6Greene County, AR | 48 | 5 | 2.8 | $3M | +3.4% | #696 of 1,327 |
| 7Craighead County, AR | 48 | 15 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +4.8% | #708 of 1,327 |
| 8Crawford County, AR | 47 | 8 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +4.1% | #721 of 1,327 |
| 9Jefferson County, AR | 46 | 6 | 2.5 | $3.2M | −5.7% | #749 of 1,327 |
| 10Pulaski County, AR | 46 | 50 | 2.9 | $2.8M | +1.3% | #756 of 1,327 |
| 22Garland County, AR | 13 | 25 | 5.7 | $1.5M | −0.6% | #1,309 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Garland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care26
- Auto repair shops24
- Collision repair and body shops13
- Car washes and detailing27
- Tire shops43
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations52
- Insurance agencies32
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many collision repair and body shops are in Garland County, AR?
There are 25 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Garland County as of September 2026. 5 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Garland County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $37.5M a year, or $860 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 43,667 households in Garland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Garland County, AR compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Garland County has 5.7 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 84% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Garland County would have about 12, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,079 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Garland County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Garland County at 99,695 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,667 households. The median household income in Garland County is $57,181 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Garland County scores 13 for collision repair and body shops (low), #1,309 of 1,327 scored counties.
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