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Home repair companies in Lauderdale County, AL
How Lauderdale 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,085 of 2,057 scored counties
#29 of 44 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 53
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- +18.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $104.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,652 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.5
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 97,135
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,652 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Lauderdale County spend about $104.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 53 home repair companies, that is $2M per company, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Lauderdale County has 53 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.5, 9% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in Lauderdale County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 18.4% from 2019. That is one for every 677 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lauderdale County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Lauderdale County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,085 of 2,057 scored counties and #29 of 44 scored counties in Alabama.
How Lauderdale 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 | Lauderdale County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.5 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 677 | 674 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.4% | +18.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,652 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,649 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 49 → 58+18.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 692
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $39M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 531 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 97,135+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 39,258
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 668 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $62,649+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,306
- Median home value
- $200,300
- Jobs located here
- 30,814
- Daytime population
- 90,942Residents 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 |
| 29Lauderdale County, AL | 49 | 53 | 13.5 | $2M | +3.3% | #1,085 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 home repair companies in Lauderdale County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 18.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Lauderdale County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $104.1M a year, or $2,652 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,258 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lauderdale County, AL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Lauderdale County has 13.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 43, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 677 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Lauderdale County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 97,135 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,258 households. The median household income in Lauderdale County is $62,649 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Lauderdale County scores 49 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,085 of 2,057 scored counties.
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