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Home repair companies in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

How Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK 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 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,961 a household
Spending per listing
$5.7M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
58% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,549
−2.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 home repair companies in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $2,961 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough spend about $17M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $5.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ketchikan Gateway Borough was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 573 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $45K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ketchikan Gateway Borough declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 home repair companies on map listings, Ketchikan Gateway Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Ketchikan Gateway Borough compares

The same measures for Alaska 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureKetchikan Gateway BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.29.812.4
Spending per listing$5.7M$3.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment573469587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,961$3,064$3,018
Median household income$92,885$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 10
Employees, 2023
87
Annual payroll, 2023
$7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 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
1
Amount
$45K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
13,549−2.6% since 2020
Households
5,732
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
4,857 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$92,885+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,287
Median home value
$393,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Ketchikan Gateway Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK66177.0$4.1M+5.1%#319 of 2,057
2Kodiak Island Borough, AK61510.8$2.7M−5.0%#532 of 2,057
3Anchorage Municipality, AK5712111.1$2.9M−1.3%#693 of 2,057
4Juneau City and Borough, AK511511.4$2.8M−1.8%#970 of 2,057
5Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK484111.3$2.7M−1.4%#1,104 of 2,057
6Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK486115.3$2M+10.4%#1,144 of 2,057
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AKNot scored35.2$5.7M−2.6%

Other business types in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK?

Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 3 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $17M a year, or $2,961 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,732 households in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Ketchikan Gateway Borough has 5.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $5.7M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Ketchikan Gateway Borough would have about 7, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 573 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Ketchikan Gateway Borough at 13,549 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,732 households. Median household income in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $92,885, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Ketchikan Gateway Borough has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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