Market rankings · Mississippi

Collision repair and body shops in Mississippi

Every metro area, small-town market and county in Mississippi, ranked by the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings: 318; 45 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments: 303; −2.9% since 2019
Household spending a year: $1B; On vehicle maintenance and repairs
Listings per 10k households: 2.8; 10% below the U.S.
Spending per listing: $3.2M; 4% above the U.S.
Rank among states: #36 of 51; Market score 40 · Lower middle

A site report maps the collision repair and body shops on map listings around any address in Mississippi by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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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

Mississippi has 318 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

Households in Mississippi spend about $1B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $890 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

In 2023, official counts showed 303 businesses with payroll in Mississippi classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair, down 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,780 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count fell 0.8% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $4M have gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Mississippi.

Among the 50 states and DC, Mississippi ranks #36 for collision repair and body shops, with a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle). Of the 4 scored metro areas in or partly in Mississippi, the Hattiesburg metro area scores highest (60). Of the 12 scored small-town markets in or partly in Mississippi, the Tupelo area scores highest (63).

Every market in Mississippi for collision repair and body shops

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Mississippi, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching Mississippi, ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
1Hattiesburg, MS	60	15	2.5	$3.6M	+2.6%	#131 of 381
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	46	138	2.6	$3.3M	−0.3%	#224 of 381
2Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	41	49	2.9	$3M	+3.5%	#257 of 381
3Jackson, MS	31	69	2.9	$3.1M	−1.4%	#315 of 381

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching Mississippi, ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
1Tupelo, MS	63	11	2.1	$4.4M	+0.8%	#96 of 387
2Starkville, MS	63	6	2.3	$3.8M	+0.8%	#97 of 387
3McComb, MS	53	5	2.5	$3.4M	−2.6%	#159 of 387
4Oxford, MS	50	9	3.7	$2.4M	+5.3%	#192 of 387
5Laurel, MS	48	9	2.8	$3M	−1.5%	#204 of 387
6Picayune, MS	47	9	4.1	$2.3M	+5.6%	#217 of 387
7Columbus, MS	42	8	3.0	$3M	−2.7%	#252 of 387
8Brookhaven, MS	29	6	4.6	$2M	+0.5%	#332 of 387
9Grenada, MS	26	5	4.0	$2.2M	−3.6%	#345 of 387
10Meridian, MS	24	12	3.5	$2.4M	−3.2%	#355 of 387
11Greenville, MS	21	6	3.5	$2.1M	−9.4%	#371 of 387
12Natchez, MS-LA	13	10	4.8	$1.6M	−0.9%	#383 of 387
Vicksburg, MS	Not scored	4	2.4	$3.6M	−6.3%
Greenwood, MS	Not scored	1	0.7	$10.7M	−8.8%
Corinth, MS	Not scored	4	2.8	$3.1M	−0.5%
Cleveland, MS	Not scored	1	0.8	$8.9M	−8.3%
Clarksdale, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−6.5%

Counties

Counties in Mississippi, ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
1DeSoto County, MS	74	19	2.7	$3.9M	+6.3%	#142 of 1,327
2Madison County, MS	67	9	2.0	$4.7M	+6.5%	#269 of 1,327
3Lamar County, MS	65	7	2.8	$3.4M	+4.7%	#323 of 1,327
4Jackson County, MS	58	15	2.6	$3.5M	+3.0%	#481 of 1,327
5Hancock County, MS	57	6	3.0	$3.1M	+1.6%	#508 of 1,327
6Lee County, MS	56	7	2.1	$4.2M	+0.5%	#512 of 1,327
7Forrest County, MS	56	8	2.7	$3.2M	+1.1%	#520 of 1,327
8Rankin County, MS	55	18	3.0	$3.3M	+3.2%	#544 of 1,327
9Harrison County, MS	46	25	3.0	$2.8M	+4.0%	#755 of 1,327
10Lafayette County, MS	42	8	4.2	$2.2M	+6.6%	#858 of 1,327
11Jones County, MS	40	8	3.2	$2.7M	−1.0%	#897 of 1,327
12Pearl River County, MS	40	9	4.1	$2.3M	+5.6%	#907 of 1,327
13Lowndes County, MS	34	7	3.0	$2.9M	−2.4%	#1,008 of 1,327
14Hinds County, MS	34	32	3.6	$2.3M	−6.6%	#1,017 of 1,327
15Pike County, MS	27	5	3.3	$2.4M	−3.7%	#1,151 of 1,327
16Lincoln County, MS	24	6	4.6	$2M	+0.5%	#1,201 of 1,327
17Lauderdale County, MS	22	10	3.5	$2.4M	−3.2%	#1,216 of 1,327
18Washington County, MS	19	6	3.5	$2.1M	−9.4%	#1,262 of 1,327
19Neshoba County, MS	17	5	4.9	$1.9M	−0.9%	#1,287 of 1,327
20Adams County, MS	14	6	5.2	$1.5M	+2.2%	#1,300 of 1,327
21Winston County, MS	9	6	8.4	$1.1M	−1.2%	#1,320 of 1,327
Oktibbeha County, MS	Not scored	4	1.8	$4.7M	+0.4%
Warren County, MS	Not scored	4	2.4	$3.6M	−6.3%
Alcorn County, MS	Not scored	4	2.8	$3.1M	−0.5%
Marshall County, MS	Not scored	4	3.0	$3.3M	+2.6%

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Counties in Mississippi, ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score, continued
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth
Monroe County, MS	Not scored	2	1.4	$6.5M	−2.4%
Panola County, MS	Not scored	3	2.4	$3.9M	−1.4%
Pontotoc County, MS	Not scored	4	3.4	$2.9M	+2.9%
Bolivar County, MS	Not scored	1	0.8	$8.9M	−8.3%
Tate County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+2.1%
Union County, MS	Not scored	3	3.0	$3.1M	+2.3%
Copiah County, MS	Not scored	3	3.0	$3.1M	−2.7%
Scott County, MS	Not scored	4	4.1	$2.1M	+0.4%
Leflore County, MS	Not scored	1	1.0	$7.3M	−9.4%
Simpson County, MS	Not scored	2	2.1	$4.7M	−1.5%
Prentiss County, MS	Not scored	3	3.1	$3M	+1.3%
George County, MS	Not scored	2	2.2	$4.4M	+8.1%
Yazoo County, MS	Not scored	1	1.1	$6.5M	−14.0%
Sunflower County, MS	Not scored	2	2.5	$3.1M	−10.9%
Marion County, MS	Not scored	2	2.2	$3.9M	−1.5%
Itawamba County, MS	Not scored	1	1.0	$9.2M	+1.3%
Tippah County, MS	Not scored	3	3.7	$2.6M	−1.6%
Leake County, MS	Not scored	4	5.4	$1.7M	+1.9%
Grenada County, MS	Not scored	4	4.7	$1.8M	−3.3%
Newton County, MS	Not scored	2	2.6	$3.7M	−1.4%
Coahoma County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−6.5%
Wayne County, MS	Not scored	2	2.6	$3.2M	0.0%
Stone County, MS	Not scored	3	4.5	$2.1M	+7.2%
Tishomingo County, MS	Not scored	2	2.3	$4.2M	−1.1%
Clay County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.0%
Covington County, MS	Not scored	2	2.7	$3.1M	−2.2%
Attala County, MS	Not scored	3	4.5	$1.9M	−4.0%
Chickasaw County, MS	Not scored	4	6.0	$1.4M	−2.0%
Holmes County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−8.4%
Jasper County, MS	Not scored	1	1.5	$5.1M	−3.5%
Clarke County, MS	Not scored	2	3.4	$2.7M	−2.8%
Smith County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.5%
Walthall County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+0.4%
Greene County, MS	Not scored	1	2.4	$3.7M	+1.3%
Calhoun County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−4.4%
Amite County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.7%
Yalobusha County, MS	Not scored	1	2.0	$4.5M	−0.5%
Lawrence County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.4%
Tallahatchie County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−14.0%
Perry County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+1.1%
Jefferson Davis County, MS	Not scored	2	4.5	$1.9M	−2.9%
Noxubee County, MS	Not scored	1	2.5	$3.5M	−4.2%
Webster County, MS	Not scored	2	4.9	$2M	+2.6%
Carroll County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−7.2%
Montgomery County, MS	Not scored	1	2.4	$3.5M	−4.5%
Tunica County, MS	Not scored	1	2.6	$2.9M	−9.4%
Kemper County, MS	Not scored	2	6.2	$1.4M	−4.1%
Claiborne County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−11.4%
Wilkinson County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−11.0%
Choctaw County, MS	Not scored	1	2.9	$3M	−1.9%
Franklin County, MS	Not scored	1	3.3	$2.9M	−2.2%
Benton County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.1%
Humphreys County, MS	Not scored	1	3.4	$2.1M	−9.5%
Jefferson County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−5.8%
Quitman County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−12.9%
Sharkey County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−17.9%
Issaquena County, MS	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−4.7%

Markets with fewer than 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Mississippi?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 318 collision repair and body shops in Mississippi. 45 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 303 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, down 2.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Mississippi spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $1B a year, or $890 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 318 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 1,145,431 households in Mississippi and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mississippi compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

Mississippi 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 $3.2M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Mississippi would have about 331, against 318 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,780 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

Which market in Mississippi has the highest market score for collision repair and body shops?

Among 4 scored metro areas in or partly in Mississippi, the Hattiesburg metro area scores highest, at 60 (upper middle). Among 12 scored small-town markets in or partly in Mississippi, the Tupelo area scores highest, at 63 (upper middle). Among 21 scored counties in Mississippi, DeSoto County scores highest, at 74 (upper middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. Mississippi scores 40 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #36 of the 50 states and DC.

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