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Collision repair and body shops in Harrison County, MS

How Harrison 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 · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #755 of 1,327 scored counties
#9 of 21 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
25
5 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
24
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$70.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $850 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
217,136
+4.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 collision repair and body shops in Harrison County. 5 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

At $850 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Harrison County spend about $70.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 25 collision repair and body shops, that is $2.8M per shop, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Harrison County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 3,473 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Harrison County.

Population estimates show Harrison County grew 4.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, Harrison County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #755 of 1,327 scored counties and #9 of 21 scored counties in Mississippi.

How Harrison 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 Harrison County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureHarrison CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.02.83.1
Spending per listing$2.8M$3.2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment3,4733,7803,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%−2.9%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.0%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$850$890$958
Median household income$59,479$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score4640

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24 → 240.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
147
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
255 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$350K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Harrison 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 Harrison County

Population, 2025 estimate
217,136+4.0% since 2020
Households
83,358
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
574 sq. mi.
People per square mile
368
Median household income
$59,479+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,923
Median home value
$212,200
Jobs located here
89,531
Daytime population
220,283Residents 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 Harrison 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

Other business types in Harrison 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 Harrison County, MS?

There are 25 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Harrison County as of September 2026. 5 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

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

About $70.8M a year, or $850 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,358 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Harrison County has 3.0 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Harrison County would have about 23, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,473 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −0.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Harrison County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Harrison County at 217,136 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,358 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $59,479 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. 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. Harrison County scores 46 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #755 of 1,327 scored counties.

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