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Home repair companies in Escambia County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Escambia County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,030 of 2,057 scored counties
#44 of 44 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 19
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- +38.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $29.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,300 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,665
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Escambia County scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #2,030 of 2,057 scored counties and #44 of 44 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Escambia County spend about $29.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,300 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 home repair companies, that is $1.6M per company, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 19 home repair companies on map listings in Escambia County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 14.8 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Escambia County in 2023, up 38.1% from 2019. That is one for every 442 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show Escambia County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Escambia 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 | Escambia County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 442 | 674 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +38.1% | +18.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,300 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $48,225 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 29+38.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 432
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 190 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Escambia 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 Escambia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,6650.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,808
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $48,225+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,450
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 12,506
- Daytime population
- 34,504Residents 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 |
| 44Escambia County, AL | 16 | 19 | 14.8 | $1.6M | 0.0% | #2,030 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Escambia 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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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Escambia County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 home repair companies in Escambia County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 38.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Escambia County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $29.5M a year, or $2,300 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,808 households in Escambia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Escambia County, AL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Escambia County has 14.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Escambia County would have about 12, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 442 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 38.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Escambia County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Escambia County at 36,665 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,808 households. The median household income in Escambia County is $48,225 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Escambia County scores 16 for home repair companies (low), #2,030 of 2,057 scored counties.
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