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Home repair companies in Winston County, AL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #353 of 2,057 scored counties
#10 of 44 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,481 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,829
+1.4% 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 7 home repair companies in Winston County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $2,481 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Winston County spend about $23.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 7 home repair companies, that is $3.3M per company, 37% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Winston County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 942 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Winston County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Winston County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #353 of 2,057 scored counties and #10 of 44 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Winston 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 Winston County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureWinston CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.412.412.4
Spending per listing$3.3M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment942674587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.4%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,481$2,699$3,018
Median household income$57,256$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score6548

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 10
Employees, 2023
56
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Winston 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 Winston County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,829+1.4% since 2020
Households
9,420
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
613 sq. mi.
People per square mile
39
Median household income
$57,256+60.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,668
Median home value
$118,900
Jobs located here
7,365
Daytime population
22,080Residents 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 Winston 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

Other business types in Winston County

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

Questions

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

There are 7 home repair companies on map listings in Winston County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 Winston County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $23.4M a year, or $2,481 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,420 households in Winston County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Winston County has 7.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.3M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Winston County would have about 10, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 942 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Winston County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Winston County at 23,829 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,420 households. Median household income in Winston County is $57,256, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 60.0%, 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. Winston County scores 65 for home repair companies (upper middle), #353 of 2,057 scored counties.

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