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Collision repair and body shops in Geary County, KS
How Geary County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $977 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 50% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,338
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 collision repair and body shops in Geary County. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.
At $977 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Geary County spend about $13.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 50% 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Geary County in 2023. That is one for every 4,719 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $280K have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Geary County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Geary County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Geary County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Geary 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 | Geary County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,719 | 3,114 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.8% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $977 | $1,140 | $958 |
| Median household income | $59,317 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $996K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $280K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Geary 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 Geary County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,338−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,158
- Median age
- 28.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 44%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $59,317+11.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,877
- Median home value
- $172,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,470
- Daytime population
- 34,100Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Geary County, KS | Not scored | 3 | 2.1 | $4.6M | −1.2% |
Other business types in Geary 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 care51
- Auto repair shops49
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops42
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations35
- Insurance agencies42
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 Geary County, KS?
There are 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Geary County as of September 2026. 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 Geary County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $13.8M a year, or $977 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 14,158 households in Geary County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Geary County, KS compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Geary County has 2.1 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $4.6M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Geary County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,719 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Geary County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Geary County at 36,338 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,158 households. The median household income in Geary County is $59,317 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 11.6% 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. Geary County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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