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Collision repair and body shops in Thurston County, NE
The collision repair and body shops in Thurston County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $2.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,166 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 6,752
- −0.1% since 2020
See the collision repair and body shops around any address in Thurston County
The site report maps the collision repair and body shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Thurston County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 collision repair or body shop in Thurston County. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Thurston County comes to about $2.3M a year: $1,166 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M 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 Thurston County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Thurston County declined 0.1%, 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 Thurston County 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.
| Measure | Thurston County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.8M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,333 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.4% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,166 | $1,146 | $958 |
| Median household income | $69,177 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
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
- 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 Thurston 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 Thurston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,752−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,990
- Median age
- 29.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 394 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $69,177
- Average household income
- $86,211
- Median home value
- $114,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,411
- Daytime population
- 7,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Thurston County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the collision repair and body shops on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 69 | 25 | 3.4 | $3.6M | +9.0% | #243 of 1,327 |
| 2Hall County, NE | 67 | 8 | 3.3 | $3.4M | +1.4% | #286 of 1,327 |
| 3Lincoln County, NE | 61 | 5 | 3.4 | $3.5M | −3.6% | #415 of 1,327 |
| 4Lancaster County, NE | 55 | 42 | 3.1 | $3.4M | +3.4% | #542 of 1,327 |
| 5Douglas County, NE | 54 | 81 | 3.4 | $3M | +3.6% | #571 of 1,327 |
| 6Washington County, NE | 51 | 5 | 5.9 | $2.3M | +1.8% | #646 of 1,327 |
| 7Adams County, NE | 47 | 6 | 4.6 | $2.6M | −0.3% | #730 of 1,327 |
| 8Platte County, NE | 46 | 7 | 5.1 | $2.3M | +3.9% | #769 of 1,327 |
| 9Scotts Bluff County, NE | 41 | 5 | 3.3 | $3.3M | −1.3% | #866 of 1,327 |
| 10Buffalo County, NE | 40 | 10 | 5.0 | $2.4M | +1.9% | #905 of 1,327 |
| Thurston County, NE | Not scored | 1 | 5.0 | $2.3M | −0.1% |
Other business types in Thurston County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many collision repair and body shops are in Thurston County, NE?
Thurston County has 1 collision repair or body shop 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 Thurston County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Thurston County, NE spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.3M a year, or $1,166 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 1,990 households in Thurston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Thurston County, NE compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Thurston County has 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending.
How fast is Thurston County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Thurston County at 6,752 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,990 households. The median household income in Thurston County is $69,177 a year, 14% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Thurston County. It maps the collision repair and body shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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