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Auto repair shops in Union County, MS

How Union 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,032 of 2,378 scored counties
#20 of 65 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
24
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $939 a household
Spending per listing
$385K
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.4
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,459
+2.3% 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 Union County spend about $9.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $939 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $385K per shop, 13% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

There are 24 auto repair shops on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 24.4 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in Union County in 2023. That is one for every 3,283 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 51 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Union County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For auto repair shops, Union County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #1,032 of 2,378 scored counties and #20 of 65 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Union 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 Union County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureUnion CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.420.921.5
Spending per listing$385K$426K$445K
Households per official establishment3,2831,127955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.4%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$939$890$958
Median household income$55,505$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score5437

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
7
Annual payroll, 2023
$496K
One-person businesses, 2023
51Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
241 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 Union 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 Union County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,459+2.3% since 2020
Households
9,849
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
416 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$55,505+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,967
Median home value
$163,400
Jobs located here
12,888
Daytime population
29,136Residents 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 Union 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
20Union County, MS542424.4$385K+2.3%#1,032 of 2,378

Other business types in Union County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 24 auto repair shops in Union County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 51 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $9.2M a year, or $939 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $385K per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,849 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Union County has 24.4 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $385K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Union County would have about 21, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,283 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.

How fast is Union County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Union County at 28,459 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,849 households. Median household income in Union County is $55,505, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. 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. Union County scores 54 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #1,032 of 2,378 scored counties.

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