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Collision repair and body shops in the District of Columbia

Every metro area, small-town market and county in the District of Columbia, ranked by the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
18
6 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$146.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs
Listings per 10k households
0.6
81% below the U.S.
Spending per listing
$8.1M
2.6 times the U.S.
Rank among states
#8 of 51
Market score 73 · Upper middle

A site report maps the collision repair and body shops on map listings around any address in the District of Columbia by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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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

The District of Columbia has 18 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, 81% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the District of Columbia comes to about $146.4M a year: $451 per household, 53% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the District of Columbia in 2023. That is one for every 29,499 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Among the 50 states and DC, the District of Columbia ranks #8 for collision repair and body shops, with a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle). The one scored metro area in or partly in the District of Columbia, the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area, scores 63.

Every market in the District of Columbia for collision repair and body shops

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in the District of Columbia, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching the District of Columbia, ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV635742.4$3.7M+3.3%#107 of 381

Counties

Counties in the District of Columbia, ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
District of ColumbiaNot scored180.6$8.1M+3.4%

Markets with fewer than 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the District of Columbia?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 collision repair and body shops in the District of Columbia. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the District of Columbia spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $146.4M a year, or $451 per household. That is 53% below the U.S. average (an index of 47, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $8.1M 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 324,491 households in the District of Columbia and national spending patterns by income.

How does the District of Columbia compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The District of Columbia has 0.6 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 81% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $8.1M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the District of Columbia would have about 48, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 29,499 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Which market in the District of Columbia has the highest market score for collision repair and body shops?

The one scored metro area in or partly in the District of Columbia is the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area, at 63 (upper middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. The District of Columbia scores 73 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #8 of the 50 states and DC.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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