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Collision repair and body shops in Starr County, TX
How Starr 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,217 of 1,327 scored counties
#73 of 82 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $791 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,319
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For collision repair and body shops, Starr County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,217 of 1,327 scored counties and #73 of 82 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 collision repair and body shops in Starr County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
At $791 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Starr County spend about $15.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $2.2M per shop, 30% 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 Starr County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Starr County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Starr 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 | Starr County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $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 | +0.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $791 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $37,639 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 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
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Starr 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 Starr County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,319+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 19,157
- Median age
- 30.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,223 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $37,639+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,715
- Median home value
- $95,100
- Jobs located here
- 11,587
- Daytime population
- 54,236Residents 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 |
| 73Starr County, TX | 22 | 7 | 3.7 | $2.2M | +0.7% | #1,217 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Starr 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 care35
- Auto repair shops35
- Collision repair and body shops22
- Car washes and detailing11
- Tire shops17
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations54
- Insurance agencies39
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 Starr County, TX?
There are 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Starr County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Starr County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Starr County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $15.2M a year, or $791 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 19,157 households in Starr County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Starr County, TX compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Starr County has 3.7 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Starr County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Starr County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Starr County at 66,319 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,157 households. The median household income in Starr County is $37,639 a year, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Starr County scores 22 for collision repair and body shops (low), #1,217 of 1,327 scored counties.
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