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Home repair companies in Blount County, AL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #824 of 2,057 scored counties
#22 of 44 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
20
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
45
+66.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$58.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,631 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.0
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
60,156
+1.8% 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 20 home repair companies in Blount County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.0, 27% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Blount County comes to about $58.4M a year: $2,631 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per company, 20% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Blount County was 45 in 2023, up 66.7% from 2019. That is one for every 493 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Blount County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Blount County is 54 (upper middle), #824 of 2,057 scored counties and #22 of 44 scored counties in Alabama.

How Blount 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 Blount County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureBlount CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.012.412.4
Spending per listing$2.9M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment493674587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+66.7%+18.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,631$2,699$3,018
Median household income$64,190$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5448

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27 → 45+66.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
166
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
200 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 Blount 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 Blount County

Population, 2025 estimate
60,156+1.8% since 2020
Households
22,180
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
645 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$64,190+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,889
Median home value
$175,200
Jobs located here
9,571
Daytime population
43,189Residents 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 Blount 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
22Blount County, AL54209.0$2.9M+1.8%#824 of 2,057

Other business types in Blount County

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

Questions

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

Blount County has 20 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 45 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 66.7% from 2019.

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

About $58.4M a year, or $2,631 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,180 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Blount County has 9.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.9M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Blount County would have about 24, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 493 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 66.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Blount County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Blount County at 60,156 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,180 households. Median household income in Blount County is $64,190, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. Blount County scores 54 for home repair companies (upper middle), #824 of 2,057 scored counties.

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