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Collision repair and body shops in Dallas County, MO

The collision repair and body shops in Dallas County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #787 of 1,327 scored counties
#22 of 40 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,192 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
63% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.3
3.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,025
+5.2% 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 7 collision repair and body shops in Dallas County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 10.3 for every 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Dallas County comes to about $8.1M a year: $1,192 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per shop, 63% below 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Dallas County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $174K has gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Dallas County.

Population estimates put the population change in Dallas County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Dallas County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #787 of 1,327 scored counties and #22 of 40 scored counties in Missouri.

How Dallas 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 Dallas County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureDallas CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.33.23.1
Spending per listing$1.2M$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+5.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,192$1,058$958
Median household income$53,464$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4546

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
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$174K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
18,025+5.2% since 2020
Households
6,768
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
541 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$53,464+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,932
Median home value
$190,300
Jobs located here
2,497
Daytime population
13,028Residents 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 Dallas 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
22Dallas County, MO45710.3$1.2M+5.2%#787 of 1,327

Other business types in Dallas 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 Dallas County, MO?

Dallas County has 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Dallas County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $8.1M a year, or $1,192 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 6,768 households in Dallas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dallas County has 10.3 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 3.3 times the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Dallas County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Dallas County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Dallas County at 18,025 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,768 households. The median household income in Dallas County is $53,464 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% 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. Dallas County scores 45 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #787 of 1,327 scored counties.

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