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Collision repair and body shops in Bolivar County, MS

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $747 a household
Spending per listing
$8.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
28,262
−8.3% 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

At $747 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Bolivar County spend about $8.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $8.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Bolivar County has 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Bolivar County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Bolivar County declined 8.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, Bolivar County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bolivar 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 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.

Collision repair and body shops in Bolivar County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureBolivar CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.82.83.1
Spending per listing$8.9M$3.2M$3.1M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,7803,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.9%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−8.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$747$890$958
Median household income$39,585$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Bolivar 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 Bolivar County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,262−8.3% since 2020
Households
11,915
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
877 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$39,585+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$60,985
Median home value
$130,000
Jobs located here
10,627
Daytime population
29,215Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Bolivar County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeSoto County, MS74192.7$3.9M+6.3%#142 of 1,327
2Madison County, MS6792.0$4.7M+6.5%#269 of 1,327
3Lamar County, MS6572.8$3.4M+4.7%#323 of 1,327
4Jackson County, MS58152.6$3.5M+3.0%#481 of 1,327
5Hancock County, MS5763.0$3.1M+1.6%#508 of 1,327
6Lee County, MS5672.1$4.2M+0.5%#512 of 1,327
7Forrest County, MS5682.7$3.2M+1.1%#520 of 1,327
8Rankin County, MS55183.0$3.3M+3.2%#544 of 1,327
9Harrison County, MS46253.0$2.8M+4.0%#755 of 1,327
10Lafayette County, MS4284.2$2.2M+6.6%#858 of 1,327
Bolivar County, MSNot scored10.8$8.9M−8.3%

Other business types in Bolivar County

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in Bolivar County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 collision repair or body shop in Bolivar County. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Bolivar County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $8.9M a year, or $747 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, it comes to $8.9M 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 11,915 households in Bolivar County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bolivar County, MS compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

Bolivar County has 1 collision repair or body shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Bolivar County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Bolivar County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Bolivar County at 28,262 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,915 households. Median household income in Bolivar County is $39,585, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.6%, 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. Bolivar County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for collision repair and body shops · All 56 business types in Bolivar County

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