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Home repair companies in Chilton County, AL
How Chilton County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #143 of 2,057 scored counties
#4 of 44 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 15
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,594 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,708
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Chilton County is 73 (upper middle), #143 of 2,057 scored counties and #4 of 44 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home repair companies.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 home repair companies in Chilton County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 8.4 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Chilton County comes to about $46.4M a year: $2,594 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 home repair companies, that is $3.1M per company, 27% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Chilton County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 894 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $300K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Chilton County. Population estimates put the population change in Chilton County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Chilton 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.
| Measure | Chilton County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 894 | 674 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,594 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $65,603 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Chilton 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 Chilton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,708+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 17,875
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 693 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $65,603+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,550
- Median home value
- $161,300
- Jobs located here
- 9,534
- Daytime population
- 36,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Coffee County, AL | 81 | 17 | 8.1 | $3.3M | +6.3% | #37 of 2,057 |
| 2Autauga County, AL | 74 | 23 | 10.0 | $2.9M | +5.1% | #127 of 2,057 |
| 3Cherokee County, AL | 73 | 7 | 6.9 | $3.7M | +5.8% | #137 of 2,057 |
| 4Chilton County, AL | 73 | 15 | 8.4 | $3.1M | +5.9% | #143 of 2,057 |
| 5Madison County, AL | 72 | 220 | 13.3 | $2.3M | +11.0% | #169 of 2,057 |
| 6Lawrence County, AL | 71 | 8 | 5.9 | $4.5M | +2.3% | #173 of 2,057 |
| 7Dale County, AL | 69 | 9 | 4.6 | $5.4M | +1.3% | #223 of 2,057 |
| 8Covington County, AL | 68 | 8 | 5.5 | $4.5M | +1.2% | #253 of 2,057 |
| 9Jackson County, AL | 66 | 11 | 5.0 | $4.9M | +3.3% | #315 of 2,057 |
| 10Winston County, AL | 65 | 7 | 7.4 | $3.3M | +1.4% | #353 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Chilton County
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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Chilton County, AL?
There are 15 home repair companies on map listings in Chilton County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Chilton County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $46.4M a year, or $2,594 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,875 households in Chilton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chilton County, AL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Chilton County has 8.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.1M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Chilton County would have about 19, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 894 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Chilton County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Chilton County at 47,708 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,875 households. Median household income in Chilton County is $65,603, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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. Chilton County scores 73 for home repair companies (upper middle), #143 of 2,057 scored counties.
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