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Collision repair and body shops in Hennepin County, MN

How Hennepin 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #268 of 1,327 scored counties
#9 of 38 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
107
32 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
111
+0.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$523.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $970 a household
Spending per listing
$4.9M
59% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,284,784
+0.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 107 collision repair and body shops in Hennepin County. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 35% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

At $970 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Hennepin County spend about $523.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $4.9M per shop, 59% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 111 businesses with payroll in Hennepin County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair, up 0.9% from 2019. That is one for every 4,860 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Hennepin County.

Population estimates show Hennepin County grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in Hennepin County is 67 (upper middle), #268 of 1,327 scored counties and #9 of 38 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Hennepin 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 Hennepin County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureHennepin CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.03.13.1
Spending per listing$4.9M$3.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment4,8603,0053,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+0.9%+0.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$970$1,108$958
Median household income$97,653$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score6754

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
110 → 111+0.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,059
Annual payroll, 2023
$80.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10732 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
170The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Hennepin 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 Hennepin County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,284,784+0.2% since 2020
Households
539,493
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,291
Median household income
$97,653+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$138,438
Median home value
$392,900
Jobs located here
969,903
Daytime population
1,598,583Residents 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 Hennepin 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

Other business types in Hennepin County

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

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Hennepin County, MN?

Hennepin County has 107 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. 32 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 0.9% from 2019.

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

About $523.5M a year, or $970 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 539,493 households in Hennepin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hennepin County has 2.0 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $4.9M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Hennepin County would have about 170, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,860 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Hennepin County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Hennepin County at 1,284,784 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 539,493 households. The median household income in Hennepin County is $97,653 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Hennepin County scores 67 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #268 of 1,327 scored counties.

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