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Home repair companies in Pickens County, AL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Pickens County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,354 a household
Spending per listing
$8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
18,221
−3.9% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Pickens County comes to about $15.9M a year: $2,354 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 home repair companies, that is $8M per company.

Pickens County has 2 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Pickens County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 966 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pickens County declined 3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 home repair companies on map listings, Pickens County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Pickens 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 Pickens County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasurePickens CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.012.412.4
Spending per listing$8M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment966674587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.9%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,354$2,699$3,018
Median household income$46,274$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 7
Employees, 2023
66
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Pickens 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 Pickens County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,221−3.9% since 2020
Households
6,764
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
881 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$46,274+16.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,757
Median home value
$123,900
Jobs located here
3,396
Daytime population
14,114Residents 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 Pickens 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
Pickens County, ALNot scored23.0$8M−3.9%

Other business types in Pickens County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home repair companies in Pickens County. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $15.9M a year, or $2,354 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,764 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pickens County has 2 home repair companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Pickens County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 966 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Pickens County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Pickens County at 18,221 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,764 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $46,274 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.1% 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. Pickens County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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