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Collision repair and body shops in Orange County, CA
How Orange County, CA 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 #613 of 1,327 scored counties
#32 of 44 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 388
- 71 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 364
- +4.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,199 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,149,507
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Orange County comes to about $1.3B a year: $1,199 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. Spread across 388 collision repair and body shops, that is $3.3M per shop, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
Orange County has 388 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 71 are chain locations, or 18%, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 3.6 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Official counts show 364 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Orange County in 2023, up 4.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,975 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $17M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Orange County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orange County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For collision repair and body shops, Orange County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #613 of 1,327 scored counties and #32 of 44 scored counties in California.
How Orange County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Orange County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,975 | 3,272 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.3% | −1.0% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,199 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $116,289 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 349 → 364+4.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,861
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $176.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 38871 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 421The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $17M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,149,507−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,082,960
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 793 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,991
- Median household income
- $116,289+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,761
- Median home value
- $962,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,713,003
- Daytime population
- 3,381,147Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Merced County, CA | 85 | 21 | 2.4 | $4.5M | +5.1% | #32 of 1,327 |
| 2Madera County, CA | 79 | 15 | 3.3 | $3.6M | +7.4% | #83 of 1,327 |
| 3Tulare County, CA | 78 | 36 | 2.5 | $4.6M | +2.4% | #89 of 1,327 |
| 4El Dorado County, CA | 76 | 15 | 2.0 | $6.5M | +0.6% | #109 of 1,327 |
| 5Riverside County, CA | 75 | 260 | 3.4 | $3.7M | +5.0% | #134 of 1,327 |
| 6Placer County, CA | 74 | 53 | 3.4 | $3.6M | +8.9% | #144 of 1,327 |
| 7San Joaquin County, CA | 73 | 81 | 3.3 | $3.7M | +5.5% | #163 of 1,327 |
| 8Contra Costa County, CA | 72 | 127 | 3.1 | $4M | +0.3% | #179 of 1,327 |
| 9Yolo County, CA | 70 | 20 | 2.6 | $4.2M | +3.1% | #212 of 1,327 |
| 10Napa County, CA | 66 | 12 | 2.4 | $5M | −3.3% | #291 of 1,327 |
| 32Orange County, CA | 52 | 388 | 3.6 | $3.3M | −1.1% | #613 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Orange 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 care48
- Auto repair shops47
- Collision repair and body shops52
- Car washes and detailing56
- Tire shops71
- Oil change and quick lube70
- Gas stations72
- Insurance agencies17
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 Orange County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 388 collision repair and body shops in Orange County. 71 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 364 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 4.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Orange County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $1.3B a year, or $1,199 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 388 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 1,082,960 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, CA compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Orange County has 3.6 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Orange County would have about 421, against 388 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,975 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.
How fast is Orange County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 3,149,507 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,082,960 households. Median household income in Orange County is $116,289, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Orange County scores 52 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #613 of 1,327 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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