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Home repair companies in Baxter County, AR
The home repair companies in Baxter County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #977 of 2,057 scored counties
#10 of 45 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 18
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- +20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $46.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,395 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,982
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 home repair companies in Baxter County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 25% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Baxter County comes to about $46.3M a year: $2,395 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Baxter County was 30 in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 645 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Baxter County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Baxter County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Baxter County is 51 (upper middle), #977 of 2,057 scored counties and #10 of 45 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Baxter County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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.
| Measure | Baxter County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 645 | 564 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.0% | +19.6% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,395 | $2,629 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $48,452 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 30+20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 267
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 182 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Baxter 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 Baxter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,982+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,348
- Median age
- 51.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,486
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,323
- Daytime population
- 43,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Baxter County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 64 | 153 | 13.7 | $2.4M | +16.0% | #416 of 2,057 |
| 2Crittenden County, AR | 60 | 12 | 6.6 | $3.7M | −3.9% | #563 of 2,057 |
| 3Independence County, AR | 60 | 12 | 8.2 | $3M | +2.2% | #571 of 2,057 |
| 4Poinsett County, AR | 58 | 6 | 6.8 | $3.3M | −2.0% | #647 of 2,057 |
| 5Madison County, AR | 58 | 5 | 7.7 | $3.3M | +11.2% | #649 of 2,057 |
| 6Sevier County, AR | 55 | 5 | 8.9 | $2.6M | −0.1% | #777 of 2,057 |
| 7Faulkner County, AR | 54 | 60 | 12.2 | $2.3M | +8.2% | #853 of 2,057 |
| 8Washington County, AR | 52 | 139 | 14.3 | $2M | +9.9% | #957 of 2,057 |
| 9Mississippi County, AR | 51 | 14 | 9.1 | $2.7M | −6.7% | #973 of 2,057 |
| 10Baxter County, AR | 51 | 18 | 9.3 | $2.6M | +3.1% | #977 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Baxter County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Baxter County, AR?
Baxter County has 18 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Baxter County, AR spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $46.3M a year, or $2,395 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,348 households in Baxter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baxter County, AR compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Baxter County has 9.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.6M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Baxter County would have about 19, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 645 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Baxter County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Baxter County at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in Baxter County is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, 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. Baxter County scores 51 for home repair companies (upper middle), #977 of 2,057 scored counties.
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