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Collision repair and body shops in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,295 of 1,327 scored counties
#24 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 19
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $784 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in Rapides Parish is 15 (low), #1,295 of 1,327 scored counties and #24 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Rapides Parish spend about $38.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $784 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
Rapides Parish has 19 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Rapides Parish was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 2,720 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Rapides Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,720 | 3,691 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.4% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $784 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 16 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 191 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents 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 |
| 24Rapides Parish, LA | 15 | 19 | 3.9 | $2M | −2.9% | #1,295 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Rapides 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 care16
- Auto repair shops22
- Collision repair and body shops15
- Car washes and detailing36
- Tire shops8
- Oil change and quick lube12
- Gas stations16
- Insurance agencies33
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 Rapides Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 collision repair and body shops in Rapides Parish. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $38.4M a year, or $784 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Rapides Parish has 3.9 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 13, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,720 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 15 for collision repair and body shops (low), #1,295 of 1,327 scored counties.
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