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Collision repair and body shops in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area
How the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #59 of 387 scored small-town markets
#1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,188 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,911
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 collision repair and body shops in the Truckee-Grass Valley area. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.
At $1,188 per household (24% above the U.S. average), households in the Truckee-Grass Valley area spend about $50.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 13 collision repair and body shops, that is $3.9M per shop, 27% above 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.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Truckee-Grass Valley area in 2023. That is one for every 3,572 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Truckee-Grass Valley area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For collision repair and body shops, the Truckee-Grass Valley area has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #59 of 387 scored small-town markets and #1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Truckee-Grass Valley area 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 | Truckee-Grass Valley area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,572 | 3,272 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.0% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,188 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $89,882 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 88
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 the Truckee-Grass Valley area, 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 the Truckee-Grass Valley area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,911−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 42,865
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 958 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 107
- Median household income
- $89,882+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,444
- Median home value
- $621,800
- Jobs located here
- 31,275
- Daytime population
- 94,590Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Truckee-Grass Valley area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 81 | 6 | 2.8 | $4.6M | +0.9% | #14 of 387 |
| 1Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 70 | 13 | 3.0 | $3.9M | −0.4% | #59 of 387 |
| 2Clearlake, CA | 67 | 6 | 2.2 | $5.1M | −0.6% | #70 of 387 |
| 3Red Bluff, CA | 66 | 8 | 3.2 | $3.3M | −1.7% | #81 of 387 |
| 4Sonora, CA | 65 | 6 | 2.6 | $4.3M | −4.0% | #85 of 387 |
| 5Eureka-Arcata, CA | 58 | 12 | 2.2 | $4.5M | −3.4% | #119 of 387 |
| 6Ukiah, CA | 43 | 11 | 3.2 | $3.3M | −3.5% | #247 of 387 |
Other business types in the Truckee-Grass Valley area
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 care67
- Auto repair shops58
- Collision repair and body shops70
- Car washes and detailing78
- Tire shops83
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations76
- Insurance agencies66
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 the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area?
There are 13 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Truckee-Grass Valley area as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $50.9M a year, or $1,188 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 42,865 households in the Truckee-Grass Valley area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Truckee-Grass Valley area 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 $3.9M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Truckee-Grass Valley area would have about 17, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,572 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Truckee-Grass Valley area at 101,911 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 42,865 households. The median household income in the Truckee-Grass Valley area is $89,882 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Truckee-Grass Valley area scores 70 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #59 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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