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Collision repair and body shops in Clay County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in Clay County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,179 of 1,327 scored counties
#10 of 12 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,066 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,031
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
For collision repair and body shops, Clay County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,179 of 1,327 scored counties and #10 of 12 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 collision repair and body shops in Clay County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 9.0 for every 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Clay County comes to about $5.9M a year: $1,066 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per shop, 62% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Clay County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Clay County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clay 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.
| Measure | Clay County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2.6M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,749 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.0% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,066 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,850 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 41 |
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
- 50 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 Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,031+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,547
- Median age
- 31.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 412 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $56,850+12.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,631
- Median home value
- $232,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,728
- Daytime population
- 14,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Clay County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minnehaha County, SD | 64 | 27 | 3.2 | $3.4M | +7.6% | #347 of 1,327 |
| 2Lincoln County, SD | 64 | 12 | 4.3 | $2.9M | +17.5% | #355 of 1,327 |
| 3Brookings County, SD | 52 | 6 | 4.3 | $2.7M | +9.6% | #624 of 1,327 |
| 4Meade County, SD | 46 | 6 | 5.0 | $2.6M | +2.7% | #761 of 1,327 |
| 5Pennington County, SD | 42 | 25 | 5.4 | $2.1M | +6.6% | #860 of 1,327 |
| 6Lawrence County, SD | 42 | 7 | 5.8 | $2M | +14.0% | #861 of 1,327 |
| 7Beadle County, SD | 31 | 6 | 8.0 | $1.5M | +2.4% | #1,092 of 1,327 |
| 8Hughes County, SD | 27 | 5 | 6.9 | $1.6M | −0.9% | #1,162 of 1,327 |
| 9Yankton County, SD | 27 | 8 | 8.3 | $1.4M | +1.5% | #1,165 of 1,327 |
| 10Clay County, SD | 26 | 5 | 9.0 | $1.2M | +0.2% | #1,179 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Clay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care64
- Auto repair shops54
- Collision repair and body shops26
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations31
- Insurance agencies15
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 Clay County, SD?
Clay County has 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Clay County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Clay County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.9M a year, or $1,066 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 5,547 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, SD compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Clay County has 9.0 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Clay County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Clay County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 15,031 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,547 households. The median household income in Clay County is $56,850 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.1% 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. Clay County scores 26 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,179 of 1,327 scored counties.
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