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Collision repair and body shops in Ellsworth County, KS
The collision repair and body shops in Ellsworth County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,259 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 6,257
- −1.7% since 2020
See the collision repair and body shops around any address in Ellsworth County
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What this means
At $1,259 per household (31% above the U.S. average), households in Ellsworth County spend about $3.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
There are 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Ellsworth County as of September 2026. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Ellsworth County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 818 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Ellsworth County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Ellsworth County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Ellsworth County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 818 | 3,114 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.8% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,259 | $1,140 | $958 |
| Median household income | $65,560 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $456K
- 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
- 1The 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 Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,257−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 2,453
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $65,560
- Average household income
- $92,313
- Median home value
- $114,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,297
- Daytime population
- 6,171Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Ellsworth County?
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Ellsworth County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, KS | 88 | 45 | 1.8 | $6.5M | +4.2% | #17 of 1,327 |
| 2Douglas County, KS | 78 | 8 | 1.6 | $6.5M | +1.8% | #84 of 1,327 |
| 3Riley County, KS | 78 | 5 | 1.8 | $5.8M | +0.8% | #85 of 1,327 |
| 4Shawnee County, KS | 72 | 17 | 2.3 | $4.5M | 0.0% | #171 of 1,327 |
| 5Leavenworth County, KS | 72 | 10 | 3.3 | $3.8M | +3.2% | #180 of 1,327 |
| 6Wyandotte County, KS | 64 | 18 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +1.0% | #342 of 1,327 |
| 7Butler County, KS | 59 | 11 | 4.3 | $3M | +3.1% | #460 of 1,327 |
| 8Sedgwick County, KS | 55 | 64 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +2.6% | #540 of 1,327 |
| 9Saline County, KS | 47 | 9 | 4.0 | $2.6M | −1.6% | #726 of 1,327 |
| 10Pottawatomie County, KS | 45 | 7 | 7.5 | $1.8M | +6.9% | #786 of 1,327 |
| Ellsworth County, KS | Not scored | 2 | 8.2 | $1.5M | −1.7% |
Other business types in Ellsworth County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Ellsworth County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 collision repair and body shops in Ellsworth County. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Ellsworth County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.1M a year, or $1,259 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 2,453 households in Ellsworth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ellsworth County, KS compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Ellsworth County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Ellsworth County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 818 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Ellsworth County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ellsworth County at 6,257 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,453 households. Median household income in Ellsworth County is $65,560, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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