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Home repair companies in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area
The home repair companies in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #348 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 66
- 3 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 53
- +20.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $110.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,459 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 115,834
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Anniston-Oxford metro area is 31 (lower middle), #348 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 66 home repair companies in the Anniston-Oxford metro area. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 14.7 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Anniston-Oxford metro area comes to about $110.7M a year: $2,459 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Anniston-Oxford metro area was 53 in 2023, up 20.5% from 2019. That is one for every 849 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Anniston-Oxford metro area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Anniston-Oxford metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the home repair companies 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 | Anniston-Oxford metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 849 | 674 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.5% | +18.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,459 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $55,029 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 53+20.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 428
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 663 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The 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 plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Anniston-Oxford 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 Anniston-Oxford metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 115,834−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 45,015
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 606 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 192
- Median household income
- $55,029+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,223
- Median home value
- $156,600
- Jobs located here
- 42,167
- Daytime population
- 116,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Anniston-Oxford metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, AL | 72 | 278 | 13.5 | $2.3M | +12.5% | #31 of 387 |
| 2Auburn-Opelika, AL | 62 | 91 | 11.9 | $2.2M | +7.1% | #105 of 387 |
| 3Tuscaloosa, AL | 61 | 109 | 10.3 | $2.5M | +2.9% | #108 of 387 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 57 | 124 | 9.7 | $2.7M | −1.3% | #132 of 387 |
| 4Montgomery, AL | 57 | 164 | 10.8 | $2.5M | +0.9% | #133 of 387 |
| 5Dothan, AL | 53 | 72 | 11.8 | $2.2M | +3.4% | #175 of 387 |
| 6Birmingham, AL | 45 | 648 | 13.9 | $2.1M | +1.4% | #228 of 387 |
| 7Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 42 | 87 | 13.7 | $1.9M | +3.5% | #252 of 387 |
| 8Gadsden, AL | 40 | 41 | 10.4 | $2.4M | +0.4% | #272 of 387 |
| 9Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 37 | 235 | 23.8 | $1.2M | +14.8% | #306 of 387 |
| 11Anniston-Oxford, AL | 31 | 66 | 14.7 | $1.7M | −0.3% | #348 of 387 |
Other business types in the Anniston-Oxford metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades31
- HVAC and plumbing29
- Electricians34
- Roofing and gutters27
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control50
- Landscaping and lawn care59
- House cleaning48
- Pest control15
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area?
The Anniston-Oxford metro area has 66 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 53 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 20.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $110.7M a year, or $2,459 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,015 households in the Anniston-Oxford metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Anniston-Oxford metro area has 14.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.7M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Anniston-Oxford metro area would have about 46, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 849 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Anniston-Oxford, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Anniston-Oxford metro area at 115,834 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,015 households. Median household income in the Anniston-Oxford metro area is $55,029, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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. The Anniston-Oxford metro area scores 31 for home repair companies (lower middle), #348 of 387 scored metro areas.
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