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Collision repair and body shops in St. Clair County, MO

How St. Clair 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
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,156 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
9,976
+6.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 collision repair or body shop in St. Clair County. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

Households in St. Clair County spend about $4.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,156 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.7M 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 St. Clair County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show St. Clair County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How St. Clair 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 St. Clair County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Clair CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.53.23.1
Spending per listing$4.7M$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+6.7%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,156$1,058$958
Median household income$53,043$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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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. Clair 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 St. Clair County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,976+6.7% since 2020
Households
4,071
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
675 sq. mi.
People per square mile
14
Median household income
$53,043
Average household income
$69,413
Median home value
$157,100
Jobs located here
1,613
Daytime population
7,601Residents 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 St. Clair 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
St. Clair County, MONot scored12.5$4.7M+6.7%

Other business types in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County, MO?

There is 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings in St. Clair County 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 St. Clair County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in St. Clair County, MO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $4.7M a year, or $1,156 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 4,071 households in St. Clair County and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Clair County has 1 collision repair or body shop 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, St. Clair County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is St. Clair County, MO growing?

Population estimates put St. Clair County at 9,976 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,071 households. The median household income in St. Clair County is $53,043 a year, 34% 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 St. Clair County

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