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Collision repair and body shops in Kemper County, MS
The collision repair and body shops in Kemper County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $891 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 8,600
- −4.1% since 2020
See the collision repair and body shops around any address in Kemper County
The site report maps the collision repair and body shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Kemper County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 collision repair and body shops in Kemper County. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households.
Households in Kemper County spend about $2.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $891 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings. 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 Kemper County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Kemper County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Kemper 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 | Kemper County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $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 | −4.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $891 | $890 | $958 |
| Median household income | $46,431 | $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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Kemper 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 Kemper County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,600−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,223
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 766 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $46,431
- Average household income
- $59,763
- Median home value
- $99,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,847
- Daytime population
- 7,152Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Kemper County?
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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 |
| Kemper County, MS | Not scored | 2 | 6.2 | $1.4M | −4.1% |
Other business types in Kemper County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Kemper County, MS?
There are 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings in Kemper County as of September 2026. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. No official count is published for automotive body, paint and interior repair in Kemper County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Kemper County, MS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.9M a year, or $891 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 3,223 households in Kemper County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kemper County, MS compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Kemper County has 2 collision repair and body shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Kemper County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Kemper County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Kemper County at 8,600 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,223 households. The median household income in Kemper County is $46,431 a year, 42% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Kemper County. It maps the collision repair and body shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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