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Collision repair and body shops in Mineral County, WV
How Mineral County, WV compares with other counties 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $897 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,792
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 collision repair and body shops in Mineral County. That comes to 3.6 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
At $897 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Mineral County spend about $10M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $2.5M per shop, 19% below 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.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Mineral County in 2023. That is one for every 3,707 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Mineral County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Mineral County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Mineral County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Mineral County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,707 | 5,242 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.7% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $897 | $833 | $958 |
| Median household income | $69,375 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $783K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- 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 Mineral County, 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 Mineral County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,792−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,120
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 328 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $69,375+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,483
- Median home value
- $180,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,490
- Daytime population
- 23,221Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 83 | 11 | 2.2 | $4.6M | +13.7% | #43 of 1,327 |
| 2Monongalia County, WV | 53 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.1M | +2.0% | #590 of 1,327 |
| 3Wood County, WV | 51 | 8 | 2.2 | $3.6M | −2.1% | #633 of 1,327 |
| 4Cabell County, WV | 48 | 9 | 2.3 | $3.3M | −3.2% | #695 of 1,327 |
| 5Putnam County, WV | 43 | 8 | 3.4 | $2.7M | −1.0% | #816 of 1,327 |
| 6Marion County, WV | 37 | 6 | 2.6 | $3.2M | −1.2% | #952 of 1,327 |
| 7Harrison County, WV | 30 | 8 | 3.0 | $2.6M | −2.5% | #1,098 of 1,327 |
| 8Raleigh County, WV | 29 | 8 | 2.8 | $2.9M | −3.5% | #1,117 of 1,327 |
| 9Mercer County, WV | 26 | 7 | 2.9 | $2.8M | −3.4% | #1,167 of 1,327 |
| 10Kanawha County, WV | 24 | 31 | 4.1 | $1.9M | −4.3% | #1,202 of 1,327 |
| Mineral County, WV | Not scored | 4 | 3.6 | $2.5M | −0.4% |
Other business types in Mineral County
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 care47
- Auto repair shops38
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing30
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations74
- Insurance agencies70
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 Mineral County, WV?
There are 4 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Mineral County as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Mineral County, WV spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $10M a year, or $897 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 11,120 households in Mineral County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mineral County, WV compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Mineral County has 3.6 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Mineral County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,707 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Mineral County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Mineral County at 26,792 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,120 households. The median household income in Mineral County is $69,375 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Mineral County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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