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Home repair companies in DeKalb County, AL
How DeKalb 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #620 of 2,057 scored counties
#17 of 44 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 22
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- +32.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $61.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,365 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,085
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 home repair companies in DeKalb County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 8.4 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in DeKalb County spend about $61.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,365 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per company, 16% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 33 businesses with payroll in DeKalb County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 32.0% from 2019. That is one for every 793 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $700K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in DeKalb County.
Population estimates show DeKalb County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, DeKalb County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #620 of 2,057 scored counties and #17 of 44 scored counties in Alabama.
How DeKalb 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 | DeKalb County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 793 | 674 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +32.0% | +18.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,365 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $51,204 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 33+32.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 237
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 220 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $700K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,085+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 26,181
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $51,204+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,235
- Median home value
- $152,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,918
- Daytime population
- 67,317Residents 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 |
| 17DeKalb County, AL | 59 | 22 | 8.4 | $2.8M | +3.4% | #620 of 2,057 |
Other business types in DeKalb County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in DeKalb County, AL?
DeKalb County has 22 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 33 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 32.0% from 2019.
How much do households in DeKalb County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $61.9M a year, or $2,365 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,181 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeKalb County, AL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
DeKalb County has 8.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.8M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 26, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 793 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 32.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is DeKalb County, AL growing?
Population estimates put DeKalb County at 74,085 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,181 households. Median household income in DeKalb County is $51,204, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. DeKalb County scores 59 for home repair companies (upper middle), #620 of 2,057 scored counties.
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