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Collision repair and body shops in the Beaver Dam, WI area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in the Beaver Dam, WI area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #134 of 387 scored small-town markets
#8 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$40.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,124 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
89,097
−0.3% 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

Households in the Beaver Dam area spend about $40.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,124 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4M per shop, 31% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

The Beaver Dam area has 10 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.8, 10% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in the Beaver Dam area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 2,112 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Beaver Dam area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Beaver Dam area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #134 of 387 scored small-town markets and #8 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin.

How the Beaver Dam area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Beaver Dam, WI area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureBeaver Dam areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.83.23.1
Spending per listing$4M$3.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment2,1123,5223,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.2%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,124$1,061$958
Median household income$75,929$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score5750

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17
Employees, 2023
51
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
100 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Beaver Dam 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 Beaver Dam area

Population, 2025 estimate
89,097−0.3% since 2020
Households
35,910
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
876 sq. mi.
People per square mile
101
Median household income
$75,929+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,922
Median home value
$231,900
Jobs located here
34,764
Daytime population
79,179Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with the Beaver Dam area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wisconsin

Small-town markets in Wisconsin ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI8792.1$5.7M+0.8%#5 of 387
2Manitowoc, WI7482.3$4.8M+0.4%#42 of 387
3Stevens Point-Plover, WI68124.0$2.8M+2.2%#68 of 387
4Sparta, WI6663.3$3.4M+0.6%#79 of 387
5Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI65123.4$3.3M+0.3%#89 of 387
6Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI62123.7$2.9M−0.2%#109 of 387
7Baraboo, WI58113.9$2.9M+1.3%#128 of 387
8Beaver Dam, WI57102.8$4M−0.3%#134 of 387
9Menomonie, WI5595.2$2.3M+1.7%#155 of 387
10Marinette, WI-MI47124.1$2.6M+0.3%#214 of 387

Other business types in the Beaver Dam 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 Beaver Dam, WI area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 collision repair and body shops in the Beaver Dam area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Beaver Dam, WI area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $40.4M a year, or $1,124 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 35,910 households in the Beaver Dam area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Beaver Dam, WI area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Beaver Dam area has 2.8 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $4M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Beaver Dam area would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,112 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Beaver Dam, WI area growing?

Population estimates put the Beaver Dam area at 89,097 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,910 households. Median household income in the Beaver Dam area is $75,929, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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 Beaver Dam area scores 57 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #134 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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