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Collision repair and body shops in Yankton County, SD

How Yankton County, SD 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,165 of 1,327 scored counties
#9 of 12 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,148 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
55% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
2.7 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,635
+1.5% 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

For collision repair and body shops, Yankton County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,165 of 1,327 scored counties and #9 of 12 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 collision repair and body shops in Yankton County. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.3, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 3.1.

At $1,148 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in Yankton County spend about $11.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $1.4M per shop, 55% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Yankton County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,385 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Yankton County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Yankton 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 Yankton County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureYankton CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.34.63.1
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment1,3851,7493,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,148$1,189$958
Median household income$72,821$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score2741

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 7
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Yankton 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 Yankton County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,635+1.5% since 2020
Households
9,695
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
521 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$72,821+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,237
Median home value
$225,900
Jobs located here
12,467
Daytime population
24,093Residents 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 Yankton 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

Other business types in Yankton 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 Yankton County, SD?

Yankton County has 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

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

About $11.1M a year, or $1,148 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 9,695 households in Yankton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Yankton County has 8.3 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Yankton County would have about 4, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,385 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Yankton County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Yankton County at 23,635 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,695 households. The median household income in Yankton County is $72,821 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Yankton County scores 27 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,165 of 1,327 scored counties.

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