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Home repair companies in Marshall County, AL

How Marshall 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 #1,091 of 2,057 scored counties
#30 of 44 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
51
5 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
58
+23.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$97.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,664 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.0
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
103,537
+6.0% 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

Households in Marshall County spend about $97.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,664 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 51 home repair companies, that is $1.9M per company, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Marshall County has 51 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 10%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 14.0 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in Marshall County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 23.4% from 2019. That is one for every 629 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Marshall County.

Population estimates put the population change in Marshall County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Marshall County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,091 of 2,057 scored counties and #30 of 44 scored counties in Alabama.

How Marshall 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 Marshall County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureMarshall CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.012.412.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment629674587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.4%+18.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,664$2,699$3,018
Median household income$62,571$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score4948

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
47 → 58+23.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
329
Annual payroll, 2023
$15.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
515 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$500K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Marshall 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 Marshall County

Population, 2025 estimate
103,537+6.0% since 2020
Households
36,459
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
566 sq. mi.
People per square mile
176
Median household income
$62,571+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,886
Median home value
$201,500
Jobs located here
40,328
Daytime population
98,763Residents 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 Marshall 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
30Marshall County, AL495114.0$1.9M+6.0%#1,091 of 2,057

Other business types in Marshall County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 home repair companies in Marshall County. 5 of them (10%) are chain locations. 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 23.4% from 2019.

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

About $97.1M a year, or $2,664 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,459 households in Marshall County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marshall County has 14.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Marshall County would have about 40, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 629 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Marshall County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Marshall County at 103,537 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,459 households. The median household income in Marshall County is $62,571 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.1% 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. Marshall County scores 49 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,091 of 2,057 scored counties.

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