Home services · County · Alabama
Home repair companies in Dale County, AL
How Dale 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #223 of 2,057 scored counties
#7 of 44 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,454 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 63% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,912
- +1.3% since 2020
See the home repair companies around any address in Dale County
The site report maps the home repair companies on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Dale County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey 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 9 home repair companies in Dale County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Dale County spend about $48.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,454 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 home repair companies, that is $5.4M per company, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dale County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 1,096 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dale County.
Population estimates put the population change in Dale County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Dale County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #223 of 2,057 scored counties and #7 of 44 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Dale 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 | Dale County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,096 | 674 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,454 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $54,963 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 163
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dale 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 Dale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,912+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,727
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 561 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $54,963+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,266
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 15,272
- Daytime population
- 47,928Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Dale County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the home repair companies on map listings by name and distance.
Or open the report at the center of Dale County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardHome repair trades across Alabama
Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Dale County marked.
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 Dale 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 Dale County, AL?
Dale County has 9 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 18 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Dale County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $48.4M a year, or $2,454 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,727 households in Dale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dale County, AL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Dale County has 4.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $5.4M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Dale County would have about 20, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,096 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Dale County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Dale County at 49,912 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. Median household income in Dale County is $54,963, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.4%, 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. Dale County scores 69 for home repair companies (upper middle), #223 of 2,057 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Dale County. It maps the home repair companies on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for home repair companies · All 56 business types in Dale County
Screening a site or an acquisition in Dale County?
A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.
The button opens the report at the center of Dale County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.