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Collision repair and body shops in Sedgwick County, KS

How Sedgwick 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #540 of 1,327 scored counties
#8 of 18 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
64
18 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
79
+4.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$222.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,076 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
538,433
+2.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 64 collision repair and body shops in Sedgwick County. 18 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Sedgwick County comes to about $222.5M a year: $1,076 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per shop, 13% 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 79 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Sedgwick County in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,617 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $966K have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Sedgwick County.

Population estimates put the population change in Sedgwick County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sedgwick County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #540 of 1,327 scored counties and #8 of 18 scored counties in Kansas.

How Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSedgwick CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.13.33.1
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,6173,1143,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.0%−7.8%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,076$1,140$958
Median household income$69,365$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score5552

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
76 → 79+4.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
477
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6418 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
72The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$966K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County

Population, 2025 estimate
538,433+2.6% since 2020
Households
206,768
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
530
Median household income
$69,365+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,235
Median home value
$203,300
Jobs located here
261,004
Daytime population
549,658Residents 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 Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County, KS?

There are 64 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Sedgwick County as of September 2026. 18 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019.

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

About $222.5M a year, or $1,076 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 206,768 households in Sedgwick County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sedgwick County has 3.1 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Sedgwick County would have about 72, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,617 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Sedgwick County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sedgwick County at 538,433 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,768 households. The median household income in Sedgwick County is $69,365 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Sedgwick County scores 55 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #540 of 1,327 scored counties.

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