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Collision repair and body shops in McLean County, ND

How McLean County, ND 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
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,454 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
9,740
−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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 collision repair and body shops in McLean County. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in McLean County comes to about $6.4M a year: $1,454 per household, 52% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M 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 McLean County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in McLean County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, 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 McLean County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 McLean County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMcLean CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.63.73.1
Spending per listing$3.2M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9713,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.7%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,454$1,154$958
Median household income$83,583$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

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
20 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 McLean 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 McLean County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,740−0.2% since 2020
Households
4,377
Median age
48.1
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
2,110 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$83,583
Average household income
$102,353
Median home value
$227,100
Jobs located here
3,265
Daytime population
9,132Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across North Dakota

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

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cass County, ND65212.5$4.1M+9.1%#313 of 1,327
2Burleigh County, ND54153.6$3.2M+4.7%#568 of 1,327
3Williams County, ND5253.3$3.6M+1.4%#611 of 1,327
4Grand Forks County, ND40113.5$2.9M+1.9%#894 of 1,327
5Stark County, ND26107.4$1.6M+0.5%#1,177 of 1,327
6Ward County, ND25176.0$1.9M−2.4%#1,188 of 1,327
McLean County, NDNot scored24.6$3.2M−0.2%

Other business types in McLean 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 McLean County, ND?

There are 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings in McLean 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 McLean County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in McLean County, ND spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $6.4M a year, or $1,454 per household. That is 52% above the U.S. average (an index of 152, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 4,377 households in McLean County and national spending patterns by income.

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

McLean County has 2 collision repair and body shops 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 McLean County, ND growing?

Population estimates put McLean County at 9,740 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,377 households. The median household income in McLean County is $83,583 a year, 4% above 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 McLean County

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