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Collision repair and body shops in the Beatrice, NE area

How the Beatrice, NE area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,198 a household
Spending per listing
$3.7M
21% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
3% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,711
+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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Beatrice area comes to about $11.2M a year: $1,198 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.7M per shop, 21% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

The Beatrice area has 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Beatrice area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 2,332 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Beatrice area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings, the Beatrice area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Beatrice area compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Beatrice, NE area compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureBeatrice areaNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.24.13.1
Spending per listing$3.7M$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,3322,3333,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.4%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,198$1,146$958
Median household income$67,247$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 the Beatrice area, 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 the Beatrice area

Population, 2025 estimate
21,711+0.2% since 2020
Households
9,327
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
852 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,338
Median home value
$174,000
Jobs located here
8,371
Daytime population
18,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Nebraska for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Beatrice area marked.

Top small-town markets in Nebraska

Small-town markets in Nebraska ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1North Platte, NE6753.3$3.6M−3.6%#72 of 387
2Columbus, NE6474.0$3M+3.8%#95 of 387
3Kearney, NE50114.8$2.5M+1.9%#190 of 387
4Lexington, NE4955.0$2.6M+1.1%#198 of 387
5Hastings, NE4995.3$2.3M−0.2%#202 of 387
6Scottsbluff, NE4853.3$3.4M−1.2%#203 of 387
7Fremont, NE4495.9$2M+2.6%#245 of 387
8Norfolk, NE36115.6$2.1M+1.1%#297 of 387
Beatrice, NENot scored33.2$3.7M+0.2%

Other business types in the Beatrice area

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Beatrice, NE area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 collision repair and body shops in the Beatrice area. 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 the Beatrice, NE area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $11.2M a year, or $1,198 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 9,327 households in the Beatrice area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Beatrice, NE area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Beatrice area has 3.2 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.7M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Beatrice area would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,332 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Beatrice, NE area growing?

Population estimates put the Beatrice area at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. Median household income in the Beatrice area is $67,247, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Beatrice area has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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