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Collision repair and body shops in St. Tammany Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in St. Tammany Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #678 of 1,327 scored counties
#5 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
33
4 chain locations (12%)
Official establishments
36
+20.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$97.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $928 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
279,108
+5.3% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in St. Tammany Parish comes to about $97.5M a year: $928 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per shop, 4% 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 33 collision repair and body shops on map listings in St. Tammany Parish as of September 2026. 4 of them (12%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in St. Tammany Parish in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,919 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show St. Tammany Parish grew 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, St. Tammany Parish has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #678 of 1,327 scored counties and #5 of 26 scored counties in Louisiana.

How St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Tammany ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.13.33.1
Spending per listing$3M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,9193,6913,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.0%+5.4%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$928$802$958
Median household income$81,202$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4916

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
30 → 36+20.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
232
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
334 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The 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. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
279,108+5.3% since 2020
Households
105,082
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
845 sq. mi.
People per square mile
322
Median household income
$81,202+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,896
Median home value
$284,000
Jobs located here
97,233
Daytime population
260,408Residents 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. Tammany 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

Other business types in St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 33 collision repair and body shops in St. Tammany Parish. 4 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019.

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

About $97.5M a year, or $928 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 105,082 households in St. Tammany Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Tammany Parish 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 $3M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, St. Tammany Parish would have about 32, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,919 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Tammany Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Tammany Parish at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in St. Tammany Parish is $81,202, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.9%, 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. Tammany Parish scores 49 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #678 of 1,327 scored counties.

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