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Collision repair and body shops in St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

How St. John the Baptist Parish, LA 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 22 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,227 of 1,327 scored counties
#19 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $886 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
71% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,875
−5.9% 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

The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in St. John the Baptist Parish is 22 (low), #1,227 of 1,327 scored counties and #19 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in St. John the Baptist Parish comes to about $13.4M a year: $886 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

There are 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings in St. John the Baptist Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in St. John the Baptist Parish classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 3,788 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates show St. John the Baptist Parish declined 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How St. John the Baptist 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.

Collision repair and body shops in St. John the Baptist Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. John the Baptist ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.33.33.1
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,7883,6913,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.9%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$886$802$958
Median household income$66,630$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2216

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 St. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
39,875−5.9% since 2020
Households
15,152
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
215 sq. mi.
People per square mile
190
Median household income
$66,630+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,052
Median home value
$193,200
Jobs located here
13,847
Daytime population
36,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. John the Baptist Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA80101.9$4.9M+8.5%#70 of 1,327
2Tangipahoa Parish, LA57122.3$3.6M+5.8%#502 of 1,327
3Ascension Parish, LA56153.1$3.1M+6.4%#521 of 1,327
4Lincoln Parish, LA4952.7$3M+0.1%#677 of 1,327
5St. Tammany Parish, LA49333.1$3M+5.3%#678 of 1,327
6Orleans Parish, LA48281.8$3.4M−5.5%#693 of 1,327
7Acadia Parish, LA4852.3$3.3M−0.8%#694 of 1,327
8Calcasieu Parish, LA40212.7$3.2M−3.7%#893 of 1,327
9Terrebonne Parish, LA3992.1$3.9M−4.8%#914 of 1,327
10Vermilion Parish, LA3873.2$2.5M+1.3%#942 of 1,327
19St. John the Baptist Parish, LA2285.3$1.7M−5.9%#1,227 of 1,327

Other business types in St. John the Baptist Parish

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in St. John the Baptist Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 collision repair and body shops in St. John the Baptist Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in St. John the Baptist Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $13.4M a year, or $886 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 15,152 households in St. John the Baptist Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. John the Baptist Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

St. John the Baptist Parish has 5.3 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, St. John the Baptist Parish would have about 4, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,788 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is St. John the Baptist Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. John the Baptist Parish at 39,875 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,152 households. Median household income in St. John the Baptist Parish is $66,630, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.0%, 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. St. John the Baptist Parish scores 22 for collision repair and body shops (low), #1,227 of 1,327 scored counties.

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