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Collision repair and body shops in Carroll County, MO

How Carroll County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,150 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
5.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
8,417
−0.6% 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 2 collision repair and body shops in Carroll County. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Carroll County comes to about $4M a year: $1,150 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That works out 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Carroll County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Carroll County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Carroll County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.73.23.1
Spending per listing$2M$3.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,0043,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.5%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,150$1,058$958
Median household income$62,154$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,417−0.6% since 2020
Households
3,522
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$62,154
Average household income
$82,695
Median home value
$117,500
Jobs located here
2,547
Daytime population
6,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, MO9462.6$4.8M+11.4%#3 of 1,327
2Boone County, MO79182.4$4.5M+4.2%#78 of 1,327
3Platte County, MO75133.0$4M+6.7%#133 of 1,327
4Johnson County, MO7483.8$3M+4.9%#147 of 1,327
5Clay County, MO73202.0$5.7M+4.3%#149 of 1,327
6St. Charles County, MO69513.2$3.8M+4.9%#240 of 1,327
7Cass County, MO68133.0$4.1M+7.1%#255 of 1,327
8Cole County, MO64113.5$3.1M+1.7%#354 of 1,327
9St. Louis County, MO611002.4$4.2M−1.2%#407 of 1,327
10Newton County, MO5983.6$3.3M+6.1%#454 of 1,327
Carroll County, MONot scored25.7$2M−0.6%

Other business types in Carroll County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Carroll County, MO?

Carroll County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Carroll County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Carroll County, MO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $4M a year, or $1,150 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 3,522 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Carroll County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Carroll County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Carroll County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Carroll County at 8,417 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,522 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $62,154 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for collision repair and body shops · All 56 business types in Carroll County

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