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Home repair companies in Desha County, AR
How Desha County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,658 of 2,057 scored counties
#32 of 45 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,131 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,984
- −11.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Desha County is 36 (lower middle), #1,658 of 2,057 scored counties and #32 of 45 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 home repair companies in Desha County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 10.8 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,131 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Desha County spend about $9.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 5 home repair companies, that is $2M per company, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Desha County in 2023. That is one for every 1,537 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show Desha County declined 11.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Desha 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 | Desha County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,537 | 564 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.6% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −11.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,131 | $2,629 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $37,662 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Desha 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 Desha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,984−11.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,610
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 741 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $37,662+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,518
- Median home value
- $90,900
- Jobs located here
- 4,204
- Daytime population
- 10,748Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 32Desha County, AR | 36 | 5 | 10.8 | $2M | −11.8% | #1,658 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Desha County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Desha County, AR?
Desha County has 5 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Desha County, AR spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $9.8M a year, or $2,131 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,610 households in Desha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Desha County, AR compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Desha County has 10.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Desha County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,537 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Desha County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Desha County at 9,984 people in 2025, down 11.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,610 households. Median household income in Desha County is $37,662, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. Desha County scores 36 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,658 of 2,057 scored counties.
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