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Collision repair and body shops in Carbon County, MT

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in Carbon County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,319 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
11,466
+9.1% 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 Carbon County comes to about $6.1M a year: $1,319 per household, 38% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

There is 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings in Carbon County as of September 2026. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Carbon County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 1,166 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Carbon County grew 9.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, Carbon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Carbon County compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Carbon County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureCarbon CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.14.13.1
Spending per listing$6.1M$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment1,1662,5633,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.8%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,319$1,157$958
Median household income$80,261$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$198K
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 Carbon 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 Carbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,466+9.1% since 2020
Households
4,664
Median age
51.1
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
2,048 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$80,261+36.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,457
Median home value
$420,800
Jobs located here
3,093
Daytime population
9,712Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Montana

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

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ravalli County, MT6573.8$3.3M+9.4%#325 of 1,327
2Gallatin County, MT63203.9$3.1M+7.7%#376 of 1,327
3Missoula County, MT59173.2$3.3M+4.4%#453 of 1,327
4Lewis and Clark County, MT58144.5$2.5M+5.8%#496 of 1,327
5Yellowstone County, MT54294.1$2.7M+4.5%#579 of 1,327
6Flathead County, MT42286.3$1.8M+10.1%#863 of 1,327
7Silver Bow County, MT4174.5$2.3M+2.6%#884 of 1,327
8Cascade County, MT31215.9$1.8M+0.7%#1,088 of 1,327
Carbon County, MTNot scored12.1$6.1M+9.1%

Other business types in Carbon 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 Carbon County, MT?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 collision repair or body shop in Carbon County. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Carbon County, MT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $6.1M a year, or $1,319 per household. That is 38% above the U.S. average (an index of 138, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 4,664 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Carbon County has 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Carbon County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,166 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Carbon County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Carbon County at 11,466 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,664 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $80,261, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.7%, 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. Carbon County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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 Carbon County

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