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Collision repair and body shops in the Clarksdale, MS area
How the Clarksdale, MS area compares with other small-town markets 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 none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $669 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 19,849
- −6.5% since 2020
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What this means
There are no collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Clarksdale area as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Clarksdale area would have about 2, against none on map listings.
At $669 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in the Clarksdale area spend about $5.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Clarksdale area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Clarksdale area declined 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no collision repair and body shops on map listings, the Clarksdale area isn’t given a market score for them.
How the Clarksdale area 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.
| Measure | Clarksdale area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,780 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $669 | $890 | $958 |
| Median household income | $37,461 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 the Clarksdale area, 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 the Clarksdale area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,849−6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,404
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 553 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $37,461+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,980
- Median home value
- $90,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,633
- Daytime population
- 19,131Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Clarksdale area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| 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 |
| Clarksdale, MS | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −6.5% |
Other business types in the Clarksdale area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care44
- Auto repair shops42
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations15
- Insurance agencies30
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many collision repair and body shops are in the Clarksdale, MS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no collision repair and body shops in the Clarksdale area. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Clarksdale area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Clarksdale, MS area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.6M a year, or $669 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,404 households in the Clarksdale area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Clarksdale, MS area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Clarksdale area has no collision repair and body shops on map listings. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Clarksdale area would have about 2, against none on map listings.
How fast is the Clarksdale, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Clarksdale area at 19,849 people in 2025, down 6.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,404 households. The median household income in the Clarksdale area is $37,461 a year, 54% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Clarksdale area has no market score for collision repair and body shops, having none on map listings.
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