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Collision repair and body shops in Brule County, SD

The collision repair and body shops in Brule County, SD, 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
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,288 a household
Spending per listing
$629K
80% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.5
6.6 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,278
+0.5% 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

At $1,288 per household (34% above the U.S. average), households in Brule County spend about $2.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $629K per shop, 80% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Brule County has 4 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.5, 6.6 times the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Brule County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Brule County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Brule County compares

The same measures for South 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 Brule County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBrule CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.54.63.1
Spending per listing$629K$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,7493,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,288$1,189$958
Median household income$73,720$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored41

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
40 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 Brule 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 Brule County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,278+0.5% since 2020
Households
1,955
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
817 sq. mi.
People per square mile
6
Median household income
$73,720
Average household income
$92,266
Median home value
$216,800
Jobs located here
1,961
Daytime population
4,902Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across South Dakota

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

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Minnehaha County, SD64273.2$3.4M+7.6%#347 of 1,327
2Lincoln County, SD64124.3$2.9M+17.5%#355 of 1,327
3Brookings County, SD5264.3$2.7M+9.6%#624 of 1,327
4Meade County, SD4665.0$2.6M+2.7%#761 of 1,327
5Pennington County, SD42255.4$2.1M+6.6%#860 of 1,327
6Lawrence County, SD4275.8$2M+14.0%#861 of 1,327
7Beadle County, SD3168.0$1.5M+2.4%#1,092 of 1,327
8Hughes County, SD2756.9$1.6M−0.9%#1,162 of 1,327
9Yankton County, SD2788.3$1.4M+1.5%#1,165 of 1,327
10Clay County, SD2659.0$1.2M+0.2%#1,179 of 1,327
Brule County, SDNot scored420.5$629K+0.5%

Other business types in Brule 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 Brule County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 collision repair and body shops in Brule County. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Brule County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Brule County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $2.5M a year, or $1,288 per household. That is 34% above the U.S. average (an index of 134, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $629K 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 1,955 households in Brule County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Brule County has 20.5 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 6.6 times the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $629K, 80% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Brule County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Brule County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Brule County at 5,278 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,955 households. Median household income in Brule County is $73,720, 9% 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 Brule 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.

How the score works · Top markets for collision repair and body shops · All 56 business types in Brule County

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