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Collision repair and body shops in Curry County, NM

How Curry County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #667 of 1,327 scored counties
#6 of 11 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $976 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.7
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,655
−3.5% 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 5 collision repair and body shops in Curry County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 2.7 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

At $976 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Curry County spend about $18.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 5 collision repair and body shops, that is $3.6M per shop, 18% above 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.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Curry County in 2023. That is one for every 3,719 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Curry County declined 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Curry County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #667 of 1,327 scored counties and #6 of 11 scored counties in New Mexico.

How Curry County compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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 Curry County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureCurry CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.72.63.1
Spending per listing$3.6M$4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,7194,0073,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.9%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$976$1,033$958
Median household income$57,309$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4962

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
71
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Curry 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 Curry County

Population, 2025 estimate
46,655−3.5% since 2020
Households
18,595
Median age
33.5
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,406 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$57,309+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,913
Median home value
$171,200
Jobs located here
17,571
Daytime population
46,183Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across New Mexico

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

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM8881.4$8.3M+6.9%#16 of 1,327
2Doña Ana County, NM71232.7$3.7M+4.1%#194 of 1,327
3San Juan County, NM7092.2$4.9M−0.9%#206 of 1,327
4Otero County, NM6552.0$4.9M+3.7%#310 of 1,327
5Santa Fe County, NM54223.1$3.4M+1.2%#566 of 1,327
6Curry County, NM4952.7$3.6M−3.5%#667 of 1,327
7Bernalillo County, NM49782.7$3.5M−1.4%#668 of 1,327
8Eddy County, NM40114.7$2.4M+0.3%#906 of 1,327
9Lea County, NM36135.3$2.1M+0.2%#986 of 1,327
10Chaves County, NM31104.2$2.5M−2.7%#1,076 of 1,327

Other business types in Curry 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 Curry County, NM?

There are 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Curry County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Curry County, NM spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $18.1M a year, or $976 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 18,595 households in Curry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Curry County has 2.7 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Curry County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,719 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Curry County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Curry County at 46,655 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,595 households. The median household income in Curry County is $57,309 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. Curry County scores 49 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #667 of 1,327 scored counties.

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 Curry County

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