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Collision repair and body shops in the Zapata, TX area

How the Zapata, TX area compares with other small-town markets 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 none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $811 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
13,753
−0.9% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Zapata area comes to about $3.7M a year: $811 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no collision repair and body shops in the Zapata area. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Zapata area would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Zapata area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show the Zapata area declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no collision repair and body shops on map listings, the Zapata area isn’t given a market score for them.

How the Zapata 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 Zapata, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureZapata areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.63.1
Spending per listingn/a$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,0343,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.1%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$811$918$958
Median household income$39,239$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Zapata 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 Zapata area

Population, 2025 estimate
13,753−0.9% since 2020
Households
4,565
Median age
33.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
998 sq. mi.
People per square mile
14
Median household income
$39,239+15.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$55,044
Median home value
$97,100
Jobs located here
2,023
Daytime population
10,968Residents 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 small-town markets in Texas for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Zapata area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Corsicana, TX7663.2$3.1M+8.2%#32 of 387
2Jacksonville, TX6863.3$2.8M+5.4%#69 of 387
3Brenham, TX6653.2$2.8M+7.0%#84 of 387
4Granbury, TX58114.3$2.3M+13.6%#132 of 387
5Del Rio, TX5753.0$3.1M+0.5%#136 of 387
6Mount Pleasant, TX5573.4$2.8M+2.5%#152 of 387
7El Campo, TX5153.1$3.1M+1.2%#175 of 387
8Athens, TX51164.8$2M+7.5%#183 of 387
9Huntsville, TX47103.8$2.1M+9.5%#219 of 387
10Kerrville, TX47125.3$1.7M+2.5%#221 of 387
Zapata, TXNot scored00.0n/a−0.9%

Other business types in the Zapata area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Zapata, TX area?

There are no collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Zapata area as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Zapata area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Zapata, TX area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $3.7M a year, or $811 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 4,565 households in the Zapata area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Zapata area has no collision repair and body shops on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Zapata area would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is the Zapata, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Zapata area at 13,753 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,565 households. Median household income in the Zapata area is $39,239, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.6%, 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. 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 Zapata area has no market score for collision repair and body shops, having none on map listings.

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