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Collision repair and body shops in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area
The collision repair and body shops in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #131 of 381 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 15
- 4 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $53.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $886 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,014
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Hattiesburg metro area comes to about $53.3M a year: $886 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per shop, 15% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
The Hattiesburg metro area has 15 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Hattiesburg metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,684 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hattiesburg metro area grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For collision repair and body shops, the Hattiesburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #131 of 381 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi.
How the Hattiesburg metro 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 | Hattiesburg metro area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,684 | 3,780 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.9% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $886 | $890 | $958 |
| Median household income | $60,285 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 69
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 154 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Hattiesburg metro 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 Hattiesburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,014+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 60,155
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $60,285
- Average household income
- $85,017
- Median home value
- $191,200
- Jobs located here
- 64,162
- Daytime population
- 162,718Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Mississippi for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hattiesburg metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Mississippi
| 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 |
Other business types in the Hattiesburg metro 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 care42
- Auto repair shops43
- Collision repair and body shops60
- Car washes and detailing47
- Tire shops24
- Oil change and quick lube44
- Gas stations33
- Insurance agencies44
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 Hattiesburg, MS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 collision repair and body shops in the Hattiesburg metro area. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $53.3M a year, or $886 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 60,155 households in the Hattiesburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hattiesburg, MS metro area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
The Hattiesburg metro area has 2.5 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Hattiesburg metro area would have about 17, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,684 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hattiesburg, MS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hattiesburg metro area at 158,014 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,155 households. Median household income in the Hattiesburg metro area is $60,285, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Hattiesburg metro area scores 60 for collision repair and body shops (upper middle), #131 of 381 scored metro areas.
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