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Collision repair and body shops in Rio Grande County, CO
How Rio Grande County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,078 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 87% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,087
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Rio Grande County spend about $5.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,078 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per shop, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
Rio Grande County has 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 5.8 per 10,000 households, 87% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Rio Grande County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Rio Grande County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Rio Grande County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Rio Grande County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Rio Grande County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,064 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.2% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,078 | $1,112 | $958 |
| Median household income | $64,411 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,087−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,133
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 912 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $64,411+64.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,497
- Median home value
- $239,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,889
- Daytime population
- 10,204Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fremont County, CO | 77 | 5 | 2.8 | $4M | +2.4% | #106 of 1,327 |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 76 | 35 | 2.5 | $5.1M | +10.9% | #110 of 1,327 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 70 | 42 | 3.4 | $3.7M | +14.2% | #220 of 1,327 |
| 4Boulder County, CO | 69 | 26 | 1.9 | $5.7M | −0.7% | #227 of 1,327 |
| 5Mesa County, CO | 65 | 21 | 3.2 | $3.4M | +4.4% | #322 of 1,327 |
| 6Broomfield County, CO | 63 | 10 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +6.3% | #371 of 1,327 |
| 7La Plata County, CO | 62 | 7 | 2.9 | $4.1M | +2.2% | #381 of 1,327 |
| 8Denver County, CO | 62 | 91 | 2.7 | $3.3M | +3.2% | #393 of 1,327 |
| 9Jefferson County, CO | 61 | 63 | 2.6 | $4.4M | −0.5% | #403 of 1,327 |
| 10Larimer County, CO | 59 | 54 | 3.5 | $3.3M | +4.8% | #455 of 1,327 |
| Rio Grande County, CO | Not scored | 3 | 5.8 | $1.8M | −3.9% |
Other business types in Rio Grande 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 care43
- Auto repair shops37
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations26
- Insurance agencies
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 Rio Grande County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 collision repair and body shops in Rio Grande County. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Rio Grande County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rio Grande County, CO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.5M a year, or $1,078 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 5,133 households in Rio Grande County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rio Grande County, CO compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Rio Grande County has 5.8 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 87% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Rio Grande County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Rio Grande County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Rio Grande County at 11,087 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,133 households. Median household income in Rio Grande County is $64,411, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 64.6%, 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. Rio Grande County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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