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Auto repair shops in Benton County, MS

How Benton County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $976 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,502
−2.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 auto repair shops in Benton County. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Benton County comes to about $3M a year: $976 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Benton County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Benton County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Benton County compares

The same measures for Mississippi and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair 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.

Auto repair shops in Benton County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureBenton CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.520.921.5
Spending per listing$1.5M$426K$445K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,127955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.4%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$976$890$958
Median household income$46,016$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored37

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
21Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
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 mechanical, body and glass repair in Benton 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 Benton County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,502−2.1% since 2020
Households
3,074
Median age
46.2
Homes lived in by their owners
86%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
407 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$46,016
Average household income
$59,331
Median home value
$105,100
Jobs located here
959
Daytime population
5,261Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Mississippi

Every Mississippi market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Benton County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tate County, MS811311.8$880K+2.1%#93 of 2,378
2Madison County, MS775813.2$735K+6.5%#165 of 2,378
3Hancock County, MS693316.3$571K+1.6%#376 of 2,378
4Walthall County, MS6859.5$1M+0.4%#397 of 2,378
5Newton County, MS681114.3$668K−1.4%#407 of 2,378
6Marshall County, MS672519.0$529K+2.6%#470 of 2,378
7DeSoto County, MS6714320.1$514K+6.3%#472 of 2,378
8Oktibbeha County, MS66177.8$1.1M+0.4%#480 of 2,378
9Perry County, MS66510.8$871K+1.1%#481 of 2,378
10Monroe County, MS632014.4$649K−2.4%#595 of 2,378
Benton County, MSNot scored26.5$1.5M−2.1%

Other business types in Benton County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in Benton County, MS?

There are 2 auto repair shops on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. No official count is published for mechanical, body and glass repair in Benton County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Benton County, MS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $3M a year, or $976 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,074 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Benton County, MS compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

Benton County has 2 auto repair shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Benton County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Benton County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Benton County at 7,502 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,074 households. The median household income in Benton County is $46,016 a year, 43% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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