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Collision repair and body shops in Goodhue County, MN

How Goodhue County, MN 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #922 of 1,327 scored counties
#30 of 38 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,166 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
48% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
48,195
+1.3% 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 Goodhue County comes to about $23M a year: $1,166 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per shop, 17% 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 9 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Goodhue County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Goodhue County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 1,644 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Goodhue County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Goodhue County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #922 of 1,327 scored counties and #30 of 38 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Goodhue County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Goodhue County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureGoodhue CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.63.13.1
Spending per listing$2.6M$3.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment1,6443,0053,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,166$1,108$958
Median household income$84,171$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score3954

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 12
Employees, 2023
49
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Goodhue 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 Goodhue County

Population, 2025 estimate
48,195+1.3% since 2020
Households
19,727
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
757 sq. mi.
People per square mile
63
Median household income
$84,171+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,161
Median home value
$285,100
Jobs located here
19,843
Daytime population
42,664Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Goodhue County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, MN87201.9$6.4M+6.9%#21 of 1,327
2Carver County, MN8371.7$7.7M+6.6%#37 of 1,327
3Dakota County, MN76432.5$4.6M+3.9%#117 of 1,327
4Olmsted County, MN73192.8$3.8M+2.3%#161 of 1,327
5Wright County, MN71163.0$4.5M+11.1%#187 of 1,327
6Scott County, MN70193.5$3.8M+5.1%#217 of 1,327
7McLeod County, MN6953.3$3.6M−0.3%#242 of 1,327
8Blue Earth County, MN6762.2$5.1M+2.1%#266 of 1,327
9Hennepin County, MN671072.0$4.9M+0.2%#268 of 1,327
10Sherburne County, MN67123.4$3.9M+6.8%#275 of 1,327
30Goodhue County, MN3994.6$2.6M+1.3%#922 of 1,327

Other business types in Goodhue 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 Goodhue County, MN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 collision repair and body shops in Goodhue County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Goodhue County, MN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $23M a year, or $1,166 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 19,727 households in Goodhue County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Goodhue County has 4.6 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Goodhue County would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,644 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Goodhue County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Goodhue County at 48,195 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. Median household income in Goodhue County is $84,171, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. Goodhue County scores 39 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #922 of 1,327 scored counties.

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