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Collision repair and body shops in the Stephenville, TX area
The collision repair and body shops in the Stephenville, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #304 of 387 scored small-town markets
#19 of 24 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $989 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 55% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,911
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For collision repair and body shops, the Stephenville area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #304 of 387 scored small-town markets and #19 of 24 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $989 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in the Stephenville area spend about $16.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
The Stephenville area has 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 55% 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 Stephenville area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,868 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Stephenville area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Stephenville area grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Stephenville 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.
| Measure | Stephenville area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,868 | 4,034 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $989 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $65,115 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 46
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Stephenville 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 Stephenville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,911+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,816
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,083 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $65,115+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,669
- Median home value
- $269,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,708
- Daytime population
- 40,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Stephenville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Corsicana, TX | 76 | 6 | 3.2 | $3.1M | +8.2% | #32 of 387 |
| 2Jacksonville, TX | 68 | 6 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +5.4% | #69 of 387 |
| 3Brenham, TX | 66 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +7.0% | #84 of 387 |
| 4Granbury, TX | 58 | 11 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +13.6% | #132 of 387 |
| 5Del Rio, TX | 57 | 5 | 3.0 | $3.1M | +0.5% | #136 of 387 |
| 6Mount Pleasant, TX | 55 | 7 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +2.5% | #152 of 387 |
| 7El Campo, TX | 51 | 5 | 3.1 | $3.1M | +1.2% | #175 of 387 |
| 8Athens, TX | 51 | 16 | 4.8 | $2M | +7.5% | #183 of 387 |
| 9Huntsville, TX | 47 | 10 | 3.8 | $2.1M | +9.5% | #219 of 387 |
| 10Kerrville, TX | 47 | 12 | 5.3 | $1.7M | +2.5% | #221 of 387 |
| 19Stephenville, TX | 35 | 8 | 4.8 | $2.1M | +2.8% | #304 of 387 |
Other business types in the Stephenville area
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 care42
- Auto repair shops38
- Collision repair and body shops35
- Car washes and detailing63
- Tire shops73
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations66
- Insurance agencies68
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 the Stephenville, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 collision repair and body shops in the Stephenville area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in the Stephenville, TX area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $16.6M a year, or $989 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 16,816 households in the Stephenville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Stephenville, TX area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Stephenville area has 4.8 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Stephenville area would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,868 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is the Stephenville, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Stephenville area at 43,911 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,816 households. Median household income in the Stephenville area is $65,115, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Stephenville area scores 35 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #304 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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