Groundwork

Auto · Small-town market · Iowa

Collision repair and body shops in the Burlington, IA-IL area

How the Burlington, IA-IL 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #321 of 387 scored small-town markets
#8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Iowa

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,075 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.0
61% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,061
−2.5% since 2020

See the collision repair and body shops around any address in the Burlington area

The site report maps the collision repair and body shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of the Burlington area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For collision repair and body shops, the Burlington area has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #321 of 387 scored small-town markets and #8 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 collision repair and body shops in the Burlington area. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.0, 61% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Households in the Burlington area spend about $21.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,075 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per shop, 31% below 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 8 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Burlington area in 2023. That is one for every 2,485 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Burlington area declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Burlington area 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Burlington, IA-IL area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureBurlington areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.03.93.1
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,4852,8053,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,075$1,134$958
Median household income$62,811$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score3136

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
51
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Burlington 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 Burlington area

Population, 2025 estimate
44,061−2.5% since 2020
Households
19,882
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
795 sq. mi.
People per square mile
56
Median household income
$62,811+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,624
Median home value
$131,000
Jobs located here
20,875
Daytime population
44,288Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in the Burlington area?

These figures cover the whole small-town market. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the collision repair and body shops on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of the Burlington area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Collision repair and body shops across Iowa

Every Iowa market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Burlington area marked.

Top small-town markets in Iowa

Small-town markets in Iowa ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshalltown, IA6553.2$3.6M−0.5%#86 of 387
2Fort Dodge, IA5853.3$3.4M−0.4%#125 of 387
3Ottumwa, IA5564.3$2.5M−0.3%#153 of 387
4Le Mars, IA4554.8$2.6M0.0%#233 of 387
5Clinton, IA4484.1$2.7M−0.9%#240 of 387
6Muscatine, IA4184.6$2.5M−3.0%#263 of 387
7Mason City, IA36125.3$2.1M−1.5%#298 of 387
8Burlington, IA-IL31105.0$2.1M−2.5%#321 of 387
9Fort Madison, IA27107.0$1.6M−3.6%#343 of 387

Other business types in the Burlington area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Funeral services

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Burlington, IA-IL area?

There are 10 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Burlington area as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Burlington, IA-IL area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $21.4M a year, or $1,075 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 19,882 households in the Burlington area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Burlington, IA-IL area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Burlington area has 5.0 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Burlington area would have about 7, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,485 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Burlington, IA-IL area growing?

Population estimates put the Burlington area at 44,061 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,882 households. The median household income in the Burlington area is $62,811 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. 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 Burlington area scores 31 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #321 of 387 scored small-town markets.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Burlington area. It maps the collision repair and body shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for collision repair and body shops · All 56 business types in the Burlington area

Screening a site or an acquisition in the Burlington area?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of the Burlington area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Run a site report See plans
Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Screening many markets at once? Talk to us

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.