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Collision repair and body shops in Covington County, MS
How Covington 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $838 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 17,898
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Covington County comes to about $6.1M a year: $838 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 collision repair and body shops, that is $3.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
There are 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Covington County as of September 2026. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Covington County in 2023. That is one for every 1,465 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Covington County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, Covington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Covington 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.
| Measure | Covington County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,465 | 3,780 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $838 | $890 | $958 |
| Median household income | $45,051 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $615K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- 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 Covington 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 Covington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,898−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,323
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $45,051+18.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,677
- Median home value
- $105,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,811
- Daytime population
- 16,612Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| 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 |
| Covington County, MS | Not scored | 2 | 2.7 | $3.1M | −2.2% |
Other business types in Covington County
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 care13
- Auto repair shops10
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations39
- Insurance agencies46
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 Covington County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 collision repair and body shops in Covington County. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Covington County, MS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.1M a year, or $838 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 7,323 households in Covington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Covington County, MS compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Covington County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,465 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Covington County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Covington County at 17,898 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,323 households. Median household income in Covington County is $45,051, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.0%, 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. Covington County has no market score for collision repair and body shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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