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Collision repair and body shops in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area

How the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #284 of 381 scored metro areas
#11 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
36
6 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
29
+12.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$92.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $876 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
287,476
+6.9% 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 $876 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the College Station-Bryan metro area spend about $92.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $2.6M per shop, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

There are 36 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the College Station-Bryan metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 10% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the College Station-Bryan metro area was 29 in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,644 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the College Station-Bryan metro area grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The College Station-Bryan metro area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #284 of 381 scored metro areas and #11 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the College Station-Bryan metro area 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.

Collision repair and body shops in College Station-Bryan, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCollege Station-Bryan metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.43.63.1
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,6444,0343,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.0%+9.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$876$918$958
Median household income$60,087$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3747

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
29+12.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
262
Annual payroll, 2023
$12M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
366 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 the College Station-Bryan metro area, 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 the College Station-Bryan metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
287,476+6.9% since 2020
Households
105,688
Median age
33.1
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,100 sq. mi.
People per square mile
133
Median household income
$60,087+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,122
Median home value
$279,700
Jobs located here
128,204
Daytime population
289,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the College Station-Bryan metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX61732.7$3.2M+5.6%#124 of 381
2Brownsville-Harlingen, TX53372.7$3.1M+3.0%#180 of 381
3Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX523173.2$2.9M+14.0%#187 of 381
4Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX529193.5$2.7M+10.3%#188 of 381
5Laredo, TX50313.8$2.4M+5.2%#205 of 381
6San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX453323.4$2.6M+9.5%#234 of 381
7Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX451,0873.8$2.5M+10.6%#236 of 381
8Victoria, TX41123.2$2.8M+1.6%#259 of 381
9Sherman-Denison, TX41224.0$2.4M+12.8%#261 of 381
10Killeen-Temple, TX38643.6$2.5M+7.2%#277 of 381
11College Station-Bryan, TX37363.4$2.6M+6.9%#284 of 381

Other business types in the College Station-Bryan metro area

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Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 36 collision repair and body shops in the College Station-Bryan metro area. 6 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $92.6M a year, or $876 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 105,688 households in the College Station-Bryan metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The College Station-Bryan metro area has 3.4 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the College Station-Bryan metro area would have about 30, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,644 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the College Station-Bryan metro area at 287,476 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,688 households. Median household income in the College Station-Bryan metro area is $60,087, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. The College Station-Bryan metro area scores 37 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #284 of 381 scored metro areas.

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