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Home repair companies in Hot Spring County, AR
The home repair companies in Hot Spring County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,657 of 2,057 scored counties
#31 of 45 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,410 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.2
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,451
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Hot Spring County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,657 of 2,057 scored counties and #31 of 45 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,410 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Hot Spring County spend about $29.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $2M per company, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Hot Spring County has 15 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.2, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hot Spring County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 648 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hot Spring County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hot Spring County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hot Spring 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 | Hot Spring County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 648 | 564 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.6% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,410 | $2,629 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $55,405 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $20K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,451+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,310
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 615 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $55,405+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,323
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,843
- Daytime population
- 28,215Residents 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 |
| 31Hot Spring County, AR | 36 | 15 | 12.2 | $2M | +1.1% | #1,657 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Hot Spring County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Hot Spring County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 home repair companies in Hot Spring County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Hot Spring County, AR spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $29.7M a year, or $2,410 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,310 households in Hot Spring County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hot Spring County, AR compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Hot Spring County has 12.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Hot Spring County would have about 12, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 648 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Hot Spring County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Hot Spring County at 33,451 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,310 households. The median household income in Hot Spring County is $55,405 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Hot Spring County scores 36 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,657 of 2,057 scored counties.
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