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Collision repair and body shops in the Port Townsend, WA area
The collision repair and body shops in the Port Townsend, WA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,086 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 92% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,970
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 collision repair and body shops in the Port Townsend area. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Port Townsend area comes to about $17.8M a year: $1,086 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 3 collision repair and body shops, that is $5.9M per shop, 92% above 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 the Port Townsend area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in the Port Townsend area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings, the Port Townsend area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Port Townsend area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Port Townsend area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 2.1 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $5.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,245 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.1% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,086 | $1,104 | $958 |
| Median household income | $74,048 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 82 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Port Townsend 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 Port Townsend area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,970+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,340
- Median age
- 58.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,804 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $74,048
- Average household income
- $104,756
- Median home value
- $535,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,967
- Daytime population
- 30,032Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Centralia, WA | 95 | 7 | 2.1 | $5.7M | +6.7% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Moses Lake, WA | 91 | 6 | 1.7 | $7.1M | +6.3% | #3 of 387 |
| 3Aberdeen, WA | 79 | 9 | 2.9 | $3.7M | +3.0% | #22 of 387 |
| 4Oak Harbor, WA | 78 | 5 | 1.4 | $8.4M | −1.5% | #24 of 387 |
| 5Port Angeles, WA | 70 | 5 | 1.4 | $7.4M | +1.1% | #56 of 387 |
| 6Pullman, WA | 48 | 7 | 3.7 | $2.6M | +1.5% | #207 of 387 |
| Port Townsend, WA | Not scored | 3 | 1.8 | $5.9M | +2.7% |
Other business types in the Port Townsend 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 care88
- Auto repair shops87
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations80
- Insurance agencies84
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 Port Townsend, WA area?
There are 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Port Townsend 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 Port Townsend area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Port Townsend, WA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $17.8M a year, or $1,086 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 16,340 households in the Port Townsend area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port Townsend, WA area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Port Townsend area has 1.8 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $5.9M, 92% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Port Townsend area would have about 6, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is the Port Townsend, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Port Townsend area at 33,970 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,340 households. The median household income in the Port Townsend area is $74,048 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Port Townsend area has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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