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Collision repair and body shops in Johnson County, KS

How Johnson 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 · out of 100

Score 88 out of 100: High

Ranked #17 of 1,327 scored counties
#1 of 18 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
45
13 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
45
−21.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$291.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,169 a household
Spending per listing
$6.5M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
42% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
636,906
+4.2% 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

Johnson County scores 88 (high) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #17 of 1,327 scored counties and #1 of 18 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for collision repair and body shops.

At $1,169 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in Johnson County spend about $291.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $6.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Johnson County has 45 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Johnson County in 2023, down 21.0% from 2019. That is one for every 5,545 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Johnson County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Johnson 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Johnson County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.83.33.1
Spending per listing$6.5M$3.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment5,5453,1143,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−21.0%−7.8%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,169$1,140$958
Median household income$109,208$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score8852

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
57 → 45−21.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
372
Annual payroll, 2023
$24.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4513 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
95The 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County

Population, 2025 estimate
636,906+4.2% since 2020
Households
249,531
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
474 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,310
Median household income
$109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$146,207
Median home value
$391,200
Jobs located here
379,207
Daytime population
678,980Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Johnson County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, KS88451.8$6.5M+4.2%#17 of 1,327
2Douglas County, KS7881.6$6.5M+1.8%#84 of 1,327
3Riley County, KS7851.8$5.8M+0.8%#85 of 1,327
4Shawnee County, KS72172.3$4.5M0.0%#171 of 1,327
5Leavenworth County, KS72103.3$3.8M+3.2%#180 of 1,327
6Wyandotte County, KS64182.9$3.6M+1.0%#342 of 1,327
7Butler County, KS59114.3$3M+3.1%#460 of 1,327
8Sedgwick County, KS55643.1$3.5M+2.6%#540 of 1,327
9Saline County, KS4794.0$2.6M−1.6%#726 of 1,327
10Pottawatomie County, KS4577.5$1.8M+6.9%#786 of 1,327

Other business types in Johnson County

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Johnson County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 collision repair and body shops in Johnson County. 13 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, down 21.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Johnson County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $291.6M a year, or $1,169 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Johnson County, KS compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

Johnson County has 1.8 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $6.5M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Johnson County would have about 95, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,545 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count fell 21.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 88 for collision repair and body shops (high), #17 of 1,327 scored counties.

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