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Home repair companies in Washington County, AL

How Washington County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,642 a household
Spending per listing
$15.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
14,822
−3.3% 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

At $2,642 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Washington County spend about $15.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $15.8M per company.

Washington County has 1 home repair company on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Washington County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 1,491 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Washington County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 home repair company on map listings, Washington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Washington 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 Washington County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureWashington CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.712.412.4
Spending per listing$15.8M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,491674587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.3%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,642$2,699$3,018
Median household income$61,042$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$727K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 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 Washington 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 Washington County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,822−3.3% since 2020
Households
5,963
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
86%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
1,080 sq. mi.
People per square mile
14
Median household income
$61,042+47.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,685
Median home value
$159,700
Jobs located here
3,076
Daytime population
12,111Residents 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 Washington 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
Washington County, ALNot scored11.7$15.8M−3.3%

Other business types in Washington County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 home repair company in Washington County. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $15.8M a year, or $2,642 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 home repair company on map listings, it comes to $15.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,963 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Washington County has 1 home repair company 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, Washington County would have about 7, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,491 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Washington County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Washington County at 14,822 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,963 households. The median household income in Washington County is $61,042 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 47.6% 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. Washington County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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