Groundwork

Home services · County · Alabama

Home repair companies in Dallas County, AL

How Dallas 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #967 of 2,057 scored counties
#26 of 44 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$32.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,065 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
23% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.9
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,140
−7.9% since 2020

See the home repair companies around any address in Dallas 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 Dallas County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 home repair companies in Dallas County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.9 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Dallas County spend about $32.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,065 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per company, 23% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Dallas County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,329 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Dallas County declined 7.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Dallas County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #967 of 2,057 scored counties and #26 of 44 scored counties in Alabama.

How Dallas 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 Dallas County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureDallas CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.912.412.4
Spending per listing$3M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,329674587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−7.9%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,065$2,699$3,018
Median household income$35,627$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5148

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 12
Employees, 2023
92
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Dallas 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 Dallas County

Population, 2025 estimate
35,140−7.9% since 2020
Households
15,947
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
979 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$35,627+5.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$53,885
Median home value
$94,600
Jobs located here
11,268
Daytime population
34,961Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Dallas 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 Dallas County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Home 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 Dallas 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
26Dallas County, AL51116.9$3M−7.9%#967 of 2,057

Other business types in Dallas County

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

Questions

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

There are 11 home repair companies on map listings in Dallas County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $32.9M a year, or $2,065 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,947 households in Dallas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dallas County has 6.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Dallas County would have about 14, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,329 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Dallas County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Dallas County at 35,140 people in 2025, down 7.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,947 households. Median household income in Dallas County is $35,627, 56% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.3%, 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. Dallas County scores 51 for home repair companies (upper middle), #967 of 2,057 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Dallas 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 Dallas County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Dallas 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 Dallas 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.