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Collision repair and body shops in Buena Vista County, IA
The collision repair and body shops in Buena Vista County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,188 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 20,449
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 collision repair and body shops in Buena Vista County. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households.
Households in Buena Vista County spend about $9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,188 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 collision repair and body shops, that is $4.5M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Buena Vista County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Buena Vista County declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Buena Vista County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Buena Vista County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Buena Vista County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,805 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.0% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,188 | $1,134 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,719 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,449−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,546
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 575 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $71,719+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,361
- Median home value
- $159,500
- Jobs located here
- 11,467
- Daytime population
- 22,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Buena Vista County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 92 | 11 | 2.6 | $4.6M | +17.8% | #9 of 1,327 |
| 2Polk County, IA | 76 | 51 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +4.8% | #119 of 1,327 |
| 3Scott County, IA | 67 | 21 | 2.9 | $3.7M | +0.4% | #281 of 1,327 |
| 4Story County, IA | 64 | 12 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #345 of 1,327 |
| 5Johnson County, IA | 64 | 19 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +4.6% | #349 of 1,327 |
| 6Linn County, IA | 63 | 28 | 2.9 | $3.7M | +0.7% | #369 of 1,327 |
| 7Warren County, IA | 59 | 9 | 4.4 | $2.9M | +9.0% | #466 of 1,327 |
| 8Black Hawk County, IA | 58 | 16 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +0.4% | #479 of 1,327 |
| 9Pottawattamie County, IA | 58 | 12 | 3.2 | $3.4M | −0.7% | #484 of 1,327 |
| 10Marshall County, IA | 57 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.6M | −0.5% | #501 of 1,327 |
| Buena Vista County, IA | Not scored | 2 | 2.7 | $4.5M | −1.7% |
Other business types in Buena Vista 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 care62
- Auto repair shops69
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing32
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations41
- Insurance agencies15
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 Buena Vista County, IA?
There are 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Buena Vista County as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Buena Vista County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Buena Vista County, IA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $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 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 7,546 households in Buena Vista County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buena Vista County, IA compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Buena Vista County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Buena Vista County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Buena Vista County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Buena Vista County at 20,449 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,546 households. The median household income in Buena Vista County is $71,719 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Buena Vista County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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