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Collision repair and body shops in Fairfax city, VA

How Fairfax 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,051 of 1,327 scored counties
#39 of 52 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $989 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
77% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,772
+10.8% 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

The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in Fairfax city is 33 (lower middle), #1,051 of 1,327 scored counties and #39 of 52 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Fairfax city spend about $9.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $989 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per shop, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Fairfax city has 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Fairfax city in 2023. That is one for every 1,526 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Fairfax city from 2020 to 2025 at +10.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Fairfax 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Fairfax city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureFairfax cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.52.53.1
Spending per listing$1.8M$3.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment1,5264,2773,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.6%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.8%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$989$968$958
Median household income$132,348$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score3370

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
88
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Fairfax 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 Fairfax city

Population, 2025 estimate
26,772+10.8% since 2020
Households
9,155
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
6 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4,010
Median household income
$132,348+13.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$178,337
Median home value
$722,600
Jobs located here
24,910
Daytime population
37,398Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Fairfax city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chesterfield County, VA86241.7$6.2M+8.7%#28 of 1,327
2Frederick County, VA8682.3$4.9M+8.8%#30 of 1,327
3Fauquier County, VA8372.6$4.7M+4.8%#42 of 1,327
4Albemarle County, VA8281.7$5.6M+5.1%#50 of 1,327
5Augusta County, VA8151.6$6.7M+1.8%#56 of 1,327
6Suffolk city, VA8182.1$4.7M+10.4%#61 of 1,327
7Spotsylvania County, VA80163.0$3.8M+10.5%#73 of 1,327
8Loudoun County, VA79382.7$4.3M+6.4%#81 of 1,327
9Henrico County, VA73261.9$4.9M+2.3%#152 of 1,327
10Prince William County, VA73422.7$4.2M+4.2%#156 of 1,327
39Fairfax city, VA3355.5$1.8M+10.8%#1,051 of 1,327

Other business types in Fairfax city

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Fairfax city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 collision repair and body shops in Fairfax city. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in Fairfax city, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $9.1M 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 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 9,155 households in Fairfax city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fairfax city, VA compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

Fairfax city has 5.5 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Fairfax city would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,526 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Fairfax city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Fairfax city at 26,772 people in 2025, up 10.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,155 households. Median household income in Fairfax city is $132,348, 64% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.1%, 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. Fairfax city scores 33 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,051 of 1,327 scored counties.

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