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Collision repair and body shops in Neshoba County, MS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for collision repair and body shops in Neshoba County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 17 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,287 of 1,327 scored counties
#19 of 21 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $929 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,732
−0.9% 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

Neshoba County scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #1,287 of 1,327 scored counties and #19 of 21 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Neshoba County spend about $9.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $929 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 38% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

Neshoba County has 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Neshoba County classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 1,469 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Neshoba County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Neshoba 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 Neshoba County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureNeshoba CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.92.83.1
Spending per listing$1.9M$3.2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment1,4693,7803,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.9%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$929$890$958
Median household income$57,013$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score1740

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Neshoba 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 Neshoba County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,732−0.9% since 2020
Households
10,283
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
570 sq. mi.
People per square mile
51
Median household income
$57,013+50.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,069
Median home value
$100,000
Jobs located here
12,443
Daytime population
28,894Residents 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 Neshoba 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
19Neshoba County, MS1754.9$1.9M−0.9%#1,287 of 1,327

Other business types in Neshoba 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 Neshoba County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 collision repair and body shops in Neshoba County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

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

About $9.6M a year, or $929 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 10,283 households in Neshoba County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Neshoba County has 4.9 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Neshoba County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,469 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is Neshoba County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Neshoba County at 28,732 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,283 households. Median household income in Neshoba County is $57,013, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.1%, 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. Neshoba County scores 17 for collision repair and body shops (low), #1,287 of 1,327 scored counties.

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