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Home repair companies in Barbour County, AL

The home repair companies in Barbour County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #607 of 2,057 scored counties
#15 of 44 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,287 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
43% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,607
−1.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 home repair companies in Barbour County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 47% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Barbour County comes to about $20.9M a year: $2,287 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per company, 43% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Barbour County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,521 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Barbour County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Barbour County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #607 of 2,057 scored counties and #15 of 44 scored counties in Alabama.

How Barbour County 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.

Home repair trades in Barbour County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureBarbour CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.612.412.4
Spending per listing$3.5M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,521674587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,287$2,699$3,018
Median household income$46,042$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5948

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 6
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$889K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Barbour 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 Barbour County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,607−1.4% since 2020
Households
9,128
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
885 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$46,042+41.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,126
Median home value
$112,900
Jobs located here
7,420
Daytime population
22,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Barbour County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Coffee County, AL81178.1$3.3M+6.3%#37 of 2,057
2Autauga County, AL742310.0$2.9M+5.1%#127 of 2,057
3Cherokee County, AL7376.9$3.7M+5.8%#137 of 2,057
4Chilton County, AL73158.4$3.1M+5.9%#143 of 2,057
5Madison County, AL7222013.3$2.3M+11.0%#169 of 2,057
6Lawrence County, AL7185.9$4.5M+2.3%#173 of 2,057
7Dale County, AL6994.6$5.4M+1.3%#223 of 2,057
8Covington County, AL6885.5$4.5M+1.2%#253 of 2,057
9Jackson County, AL66115.0$4.9M+3.3%#315 of 2,057
10Winston County, AL6577.4$3.3M+1.4%#353 of 2,057
15Barbour County, AL5966.6$3.5M−1.4%#607 of 2,057

Other business types in Barbour County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Barbour County, AL?

Barbour County has 6 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Barbour County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $20.9M a year, or $2,287 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,128 households in Barbour County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Barbour County, AL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Barbour County has 6.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.5M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Barbour County would have about 9, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,521 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Barbour County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Barbour County at 24,607 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,128 households. Median household income in Barbour County is $46,042, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.6%, 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. Barbour County scores 59 for home repair companies (upper middle), #607 of 2,057 scored counties.

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