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Collision repair and body shops in Alexandria city, VA
How Alexandria city, VA 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #699 of 1,327 scored counties
#30 of 52 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 18
- 6 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $678 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,662
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $678 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Alexandria city spend about $51.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
Alexandria city has 18 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 33%, against 14% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Alexandria city in 2023. That is one for every 5,854 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $125K has gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Alexandria city.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Alexandria city grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in Alexandria city is 48 (lower middle), #699 of 1,327 scored counties and #30 of 52 scored counties in Virginia.
How Alexandria city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Alexandria city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,854 | 4,277 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.6% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $678 | $968 | $958 |
| Median household income | $119,681 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 169
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 186 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $125K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Alexandria city, 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 Alexandria city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,662+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 76,096
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 42%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 15 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10,509
- Median household income
- $119,681+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $161,240
- Median home value
- $735,100
- Jobs located here
- 79,808
- Daytime population
- 161,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chesterfield County, VA | 86 | 24 | 1.7 | $6.2M | +8.7% | #28 of 1,327 |
| 2Frederick County, VA | 86 | 8 | 2.3 | $4.9M | +8.8% | #30 of 1,327 |
| 3Fauquier County, VA | 83 | 7 | 2.6 | $4.7M | +4.8% | #42 of 1,327 |
| 4Albemarle County, VA | 82 | 8 | 1.7 | $5.6M | +5.1% | #50 of 1,327 |
| 5Augusta County, VA | 81 | 5 | 1.6 | $6.7M | +1.8% | #56 of 1,327 |
| 6Suffolk city, VA | 81 | 8 | 2.1 | $4.7M | +10.4% | #61 of 1,327 |
| 7Spotsylvania County, VA | 80 | 16 | 3.0 | $3.8M | +10.5% | #73 of 1,327 |
| 8Loudoun County, VA | 79 | 38 | 2.7 | $4.3M | +6.4% | #81 of 1,327 |
| 9Henrico County, VA | 73 | 26 | 1.9 | $4.9M | +2.3% | #152 of 1,327 |
| 10Prince William County, VA | 73 | 42 | 2.7 | $4.2M | +4.2% | #156 of 1,327 |
| 30Alexandria city, VA | 48 | 18 | 2.4 | $2.9M | +1.0% | #699 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Alexandria city
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 care62
- Auto repair shops54
- Collision repair and body shops48
- Car washes and detailing56
- Tire shops66
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations68
- Insurance agencies60
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 Alexandria city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 collision repair and body shops in Alexandria city. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Alexandria city, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $51.6M a year, or $678 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 76,096 households in Alexandria city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alexandria city, VA compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Alexandria city has 2.4 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Alexandria city would have about 17, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,854 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Alexandria city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Alexandria city at 160,662 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,096 households. Median household income in Alexandria city is $119,681, 48% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.6%, 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. Alexandria city scores 48 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #699 of 1,327 scored counties.
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