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Collision repair and body shops in Orleans Parish, LA
The collision repair and body shops in Orleans Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #693 of 1,327 scored counties
#6 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 28
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $94.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $608 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 362,154
- −5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Orleans Parish spend about $94.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $608 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
Orleans Parish has 28 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 42% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Orleans Parish classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 11,130 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Orleans Parish declined 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Orleans Parish scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #693 of 1,327 scored counties and #6 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Orleans Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Orleans Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,130 | 3,691 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.4% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $608 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,631 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 107
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 280 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Orleans Parish, 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 Orleans Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 362,154−5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 155,821
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 170 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,193
- Median household income
- $56,631+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,726
- Median home value
- $315,700
- Jobs located here
- 192,799
- Daytime population
- 412,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 80 | 10 | 1.9 | $4.9M | +8.5% | #70 of 1,327 |
| 2Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 57 | 12 | 2.3 | $3.6M | +5.8% | #502 of 1,327 |
| 3Ascension Parish, LA | 56 | 15 | 3.1 | $3.1M | +6.4% | #521 of 1,327 |
| 4Lincoln Parish, LA | 49 | 5 | 2.7 | $3M | +0.1% | #677 of 1,327 |
| 5St. Tammany Parish, LA | 49 | 33 | 3.1 | $3M | +5.3% | #678 of 1,327 |
| 6Orleans Parish, LA | 48 | 28 | 1.8 | $3.4M | −5.5% | #693 of 1,327 |
| 7Acadia Parish, LA | 48 | 5 | 2.3 | $3.3M | −0.8% | #694 of 1,327 |
| 8Calcasieu Parish, LA | 40 | 21 | 2.7 | $3.2M | −3.7% | #893 of 1,327 |
| 9Terrebonne Parish, LA | 39 | 9 | 2.1 | $3.9M | −4.8% | #914 of 1,327 |
| 10Vermilion Parish, LA | 38 | 7 | 3.2 | $2.5M | +1.3% | #942 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Orleans Parish
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 care55
- Auto repair shops55
- Collision repair and body shops48
- Car washes and detailing52
- Tire shops51
- Oil change and quick lube46
- Gas stations48
- Insurance agencies47
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 Orleans Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 collision repair and body shops in Orleans Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Orleans Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $94.7M a year, or $608 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 155,821 households in Orleans Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Orleans Parish 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 $3.4M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Orleans Parish would have about 31, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,130 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Orleans Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Orleans Parish at 362,154 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,821 households. Median household income in Orleans Parish is $56,631, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.1%, 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. Orleans Parish scores 48 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #693 of 1,327 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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