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Collision repair and body shops in Walsh County, ND

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,199 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,179
−3.3% 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 Walsh County. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Walsh County comes to about $5.3M a year: $1,199 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Walsh County in 2023. That is one for every 1,467 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Walsh County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Walsh County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Walsh 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 Walsh County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureWalsh CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.53.73.1
Spending per listing$2.6M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment1,4671,9713,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.7%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.3%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,199$1,154$958
Median household income$71,944$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$527K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
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 Walsh 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 Walsh County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,179−3.3% since 2020
Households
4,400
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,282 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$71,944+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,230
Median home value
$132,700
Jobs located here
4,797
Daytime population
10,251Residents 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 Walsh 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
Walsh County, NDNot scored24.5$2.6M−3.3%

Other business types in Walsh 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 Walsh County, ND?

There are 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Walsh County as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

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

About $5.3M a year, or $1,199 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 4,400 households in Walsh County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Walsh 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,467 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Walsh County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Walsh County at 10,179 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,400 households. The median household income in Walsh County is $71,944 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Walsh County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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