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Collision repair and body shops in the Rock Springs, WY area
How the Rock Springs, WY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #120 of 387 scored small-town markets
#2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,215 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,267
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Rock Springs area comes to about $21.3M a year: $1,215 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 38% 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 Rock Springs area 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. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.9, 6% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Rock Springs area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 2,188 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Rock Springs area declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Rock Springs area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #120 of 387 scored small-town markets and #2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming.
How the Rock Springs area compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Rock Springs area | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,188 | 2,483 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.1% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,215 | $1,173 | $958 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- 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
- 7The 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 Rock Springs 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 Rock Springs area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,267−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,502
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 10,427 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $75,034+0.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,925
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 21,166
- Daytime population
- 41,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laramie, WY | 71 | 5 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +3.9% | #55 of 387 |
| 2Rock Springs, WY | 58 | 5 | 2.9 | $4.3M | −2.2% | #120 of 387 |
| 3Riverton, WY | 58 | 5 | 3.3 | $3.5M | +0.7% | #124 of 387 |
| 4Gillette, WY | 46 | 10 | 5.6 | $2.3M | +2.1% | #227 of 387 |
| 5Cody, WY | 42 | 10 | 7.5 | $1.5M | +5.1% | #258 of 387 |
| 6Sheridan, WY | 41 | 9 | 6.5 | $1.7M | +7.2% | #268 of 387 |
Other business types in the Rock Springs 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 care44
- Auto repair shops53
- Collision repair and body shops58
- Car washes and detailing53
- Tire shops40
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations31
- Insurance agencies36
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 Rock Springs, WY area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 collision repair and body shops in the Rock Springs area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in the Rock Springs, WY area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $21.3M a year, or $1,215 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 17,502 households in the Rock Springs area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rock Springs, WY area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Rock Springs area has 2.9 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Rock Springs area would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,188 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is the Rock Springs, WY area growing?
Population estimates put the Rock Springs area at 41,267 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,502 households. Median household income in the Rock Springs area is $75,034, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 0.3%, 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 Rock Springs area scores 58 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #120 of 387 scored small-town markets.
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