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Home repair companies in Hale County, AL

The home repair companies in Hale County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,210 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
71% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
57% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,194
+2.9% since 2020

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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 3 home repair companies in Hale County. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Hale County comes to about $12.5M a year: $2,210 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 71% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hale County in 2023. That is one for every 564 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hale County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 home repair companies on map listings, Hale County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hale 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 Hale County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureHale CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.312.412.4
Spending per listing$4.2M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment564674587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,210$2,699$3,018
Median household income$39,250$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 10
Employees, 2023
147
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Hale 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 Hale County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,194+2.9% since 2020
Households
5,642
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
644 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$39,250+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$60,886
Median home value
$127,600
Jobs located here
2,723
Daytime population
11,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Hale 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
Hale County, ALNot scored35.3$4.2M+2.9%

Other business types in Hale County

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

Questions

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

There are 3 home repair companies on map listings in Hale County as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $12.5M a year, or $2,210 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,642 households in Hale County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hale County has 5.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $4.2M, 71% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Hale County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 564 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Hale County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Hale County at 15,194 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,642 households. Median household income in Hale County is $39,250, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.3%, 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. Hale County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for home repair companies · All 56 business types in Hale County

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