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Collision repair and body shops in the Salina, KS area
The collision repair and body shops in the Salina, KS area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #201 of 387 scored small-town markets
#3 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,079 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,121
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Salina area comes to about $26.9M a year: $1,079 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per shop, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
The Salina area has 11 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Salina area in 2023. That is one for every 4,155 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Salina area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For collision repair and body shops, the Salina area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #201 of 387 scored small-town markets and #3 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Salina area 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 | Salina area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,155 | 3,114 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.8% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,079 | $1,140 | $958 |
| Median household income | $65,745 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Salina 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 Salina area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,121−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 24,931
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,441 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $65,745+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,150
- Median home value
- $178,200
- Jobs located here
- 30,161
- Daytime population
- 61,857Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Salina area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, KS | 50 | 5 | 4.8 | $2.6M | +1.1% | #188 of 387 |
| 2Hutchinson, KS | 49 | 10 | 3.9 | $2.9M | −0.6% | #194 of 387 |
| 3Salina, KS | 49 | 11 | 4.4 | $2.4M | −1.4% | #201 of 387 |
| 4Dodge City, KS | 37 | 7 | 5.9 | $2M | −0.6% | #292 of 387 |
| 5Garden City, KS | 34 | 7 | 5.3 | $2.2M | −2.1% | #308 of 387 |
| 6Hays, KS | 32 | 9 | 7.3 | $1.7M | +0.4% | #317 of 387 |
| 7Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 27 | 9 | 6.7 | $1.7M | −0.4% | #342 of 387 |
| 8Great Bend, KS | 23 | 6 | 5.8 | $1.8M | −2.5% | #360 of 387 |
Other business types in the Salina area
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 care41
- Auto repair shops37
- Collision repair and body shops49
- Car washes and detailing54
- Tire shops55
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations59
- Insurance agencies13
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 the Salina, KS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 collision repair and body shops in the Salina area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in the Salina, KS area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $26.9M a year, or $1,079 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 24,931 households in the Salina area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salina, KS area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Salina area has 4.4 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Salina area would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,155 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is the Salina, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Salina area at 59,121 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,931 households. Median household income in the Salina area is $65,745, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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 Salina area scores 49 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #201 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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