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Collision repair and body shops in Lubbock County, TX

How Lubbock 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 · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,144 of 1,327 scored counties
#70 of 82 scored counties in Texas

Listings
67
4 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
46
+12.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$107.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $854 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
71% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
328,906
+5.6% 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, Lubbock County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #1,144 of 1,327 scored counties and #70 of 82 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lubbock County comes to about $107.7M a year: $854 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 67 collision repair and body shops, that is $1.6M per shop, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Lubbock County has 67 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 6%, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.3, 71% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Lubbock County was 46 in 2023, up 12.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,744 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Lubbock County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lubbock County grew 5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lubbock 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Lubbock County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLubbock CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.33.63.1
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,7444,0343,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.2%+9.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$854$918$958
Median household income$64,155$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2847

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
41 → 46+12.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
429
Annual payroll, 2023
$29.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
674 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Lubbock 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 Lubbock County

Population, 2025 estimate
328,906+5.6% since 2020
Households
126,225
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
896 sq. mi.
People per square mile
356
Median household income
$64,155+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,750
Median home value
$214,100
Jobs located here
164,092
Daytime population
331,188Residents 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 counties in Texas for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Lubbock County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fort Bend County, TX90541.8$5.8M+17.4%#12 of 1,327
2Brazoria County, TX84332.5$4.2M+12.2%#35 of 1,327
3Parker County, TX83162.8$3.9M+23.5%#44 of 1,327
4Van Zandt County, TX8252.2$4.6M+10.7%#53 of 1,327
5Caldwell County, TX7453.0$3.3M+20.0%#146 of 1,327
6Collin County, TX711082.6$3.8M+20.6%#192 of 1,327
7Liberty County, TX71113.5$2.9M+31.3%#200 of 1,327
8Comal County, TX70162.2$4.7M+27.9%#211 of 1,327
9Denton County, TX70982.7$3.7M+16.9%#219 of 1,327
10Navarro County, TX6963.2$3.1M+8.2%#246 of 1,327
70Lubbock County, TX28675.3$1.6M+5.6%#1,144 of 1,327

Other business types in Lubbock 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 Lubbock County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 collision repair and body shops in Lubbock County. 4 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, up 12.2% from 2019.

How much do households in Lubbock County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $107.7M a year, or $854 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 126,225 households in Lubbock County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lubbock County has 5.3 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.6M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Lubbock County would have about 35, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,744 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Lubbock County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lubbock County at 328,906 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,225 households. Median household income in Lubbock County is $64,155, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Lubbock County scores 28 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,144 of 1,327 scored counties.

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