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Collision repair and body shops in Clay County, TX
How Clay County, TX 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,089 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,764
- +5.0% since 2020
See the collision repair and body shops around any address in Clay County
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What this means
Households in Clay County spend about $4.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,089 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
There is 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings in Clay County as of September 2026. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Clay County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clay County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, Clay County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Clay County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,034 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,089 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $80,114 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
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
- 10 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
- 10,764+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,289
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,089 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $80,114+43.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,547
- Median home value
- $171,500
- Jobs located here
- 1,387
- Daytime population
- 6,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Bend County, TX | 90 | 54 | 1.8 | $5.8M | +17.4% | #12 of 1,327 |
| 2Brazoria County, TX | 84 | 33 | 2.5 | $4.2M | +12.2% | #35 of 1,327 |
| 3Parker County, TX | 83 | 16 | 2.8 | $3.9M | +23.5% | #44 of 1,327 |
| 4Van Zandt County, TX | 82 | 5 | 2.2 | $4.6M | +10.7% | #53 of 1,327 |
| 5Caldwell County, TX | 74 | 5 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +20.0% | #146 of 1,327 |
| 6Collin County, TX | 71 | 108 | 2.6 | $3.8M | +20.6% | #192 of 1,327 |
| 7Liberty County, TX | 71 | 11 | 3.5 | $2.9M | +31.3% | #200 of 1,327 |
| 8Comal County, TX | 70 | 16 | 2.2 | $4.7M | +27.9% | #211 of 1,327 |
| 9Denton County, TX | 70 | 98 | 2.7 | $3.7M | +16.9% | #219 of 1,327 |
| 10Navarro County, TX | 69 | 6 | 3.2 | $3.1M | +8.2% | #246 of 1,327 |
| Clay County, TX | Not scored | 1 | 2.3 | $4.7M | +5.0% |
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 care83
- Auto repair shops71
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations55
- Insurance agencies
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, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 collision repair or body shop in Clay County. 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, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.7M a year, or $1,089 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 4,289 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, TX compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Clay County has 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Clay County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Clay County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 10,764 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,289 households. Median household income in Clay County is $80,114, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.1%, 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 has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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