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Auto repair shops in Madison County, MS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #165 of 2,378 scored counties
#2 of 65 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
58
17 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
35
+34.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$42.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $970 a household
Spending per listing
$735K
65% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.2
39% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
116,298
+6.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Madison County is 77 (high), #165 of 2,378 scored counties and #2 of 65 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair shops.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 58 auto repair shops in Madison County. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 29%, against 16% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.2, 39% below the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Madison County comes to about $42.6M a year: $970 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 58 auto repair shops, that is $735K per shop, 65% above the U.S. figure of $445K. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Madison County was 35 in 2023, up 34.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,255 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Madison County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Madison County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Madison 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 Madison County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureMadison CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.220.921.5
Spending per listing$735K$426K$445K
Households per official establishment1,2551,127955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+34.6%+2.4%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$970$890$958
Median household income$83,441$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score7737

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 35+34.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
306
Annual payroll, 2023
$19.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
80Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5817 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Madison 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 Madison County

Population, 2025 estimate
116,298+6.5% since 2020
Households
43,917
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
714 sq. mi.
People per square mile
156
Median household income
$83,441+16.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$121,926
Median home value
$311,100
Jobs located here
63,928
Daytime population
124,659Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Madison 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

Other business types in Madison County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

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

There are 58 auto repair shops on map listings in Madison County as of September 2026. 17 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, up 34.6% from 2019. Another 80 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $42.6M a year, or $970 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $735K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,917 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Madison County has 13.2 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $735K, 65% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Madison County would have about 96, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,255 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count rose 34.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Madison County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Madison County at 116,298 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,917 households. The median household income in Madison County is $83,441 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.2% 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. Madison County scores 77 for auto repair shops (high), #165 of 2,378 scored counties.

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