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Collision repair and body shops in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area

The collision repair and body shops in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #149 of 381 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
22
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$67.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,209 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
99% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
160,674
−2.5% since 2020

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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

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 collision repair and body shops in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area comes to about $67.6M a year: $1,209 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 99% 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 22 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,540 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kahului-Wailuku metro area declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area is 57 (upper middle), #149 of 381 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii.

How the Kahului-Wailuku metro area compares

The same measures for Hawaii 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area compared with Hawaii and the U.S.
MeasureKahului-Wailuku metro areaHawaiiU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.02.43.1
Spending per listing$6.1M$4.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,5404,1383,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.6%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,209$1,083$958
Median household income$97,109$100,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5766

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
22
Employees, 2023
90
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Kahului-Wailuku metro 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 Kahului-Wailuku metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
160,674−2.5% since 2020
Households
55,881
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,174 sq. mi.
People per square mile
140
Median household income
$97,109+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$131,604
Median home value
$904,700
Jobs located here
75,580
Daytime population
133,418Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Hawaii

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Hawaii for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Hawaii, with the Kahului-Wailuku metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Hawaii

Metro areas in Hawaii ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Urban Honolulu, HI59802.4$4.4M−2.3%#133 of 381
2Kahului-Wailuku, HI57112.0$6.1M−2.5%#149 of 381

Other business types in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area?

The Kahului-Wailuku metro area has 11 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $67.6M a year, or $1,209 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 55,881 households in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Kahului-Wailuku metro area has 2.0 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $6.1M, 99% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Kahului-Wailuku metro area would have about 22, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,540 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kahului-Wailuku metro area at 160,674 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,881 households. The median household income in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area is $97,109 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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. 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 Kahului-Wailuku metro area scores 57 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #149 of 381 scored metro areas.

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