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Home repair companies in Montrose County, CO
How Montrose County, CO 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,937 of 2,057 scored counties
#31 of 35 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 37
- 7 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 74
- +13.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,635 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,591
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Montrose County is 25 (lower middle), #1,937 of 2,057 scored counties and #31 of 35 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,635 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Montrose County spend about $47.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 37 home repair companies, that is $1.3M per company, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Montrose County has 37 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.5, 65% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 74 businesses with payroll in Montrose County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 244 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $5.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Montrose County. Population estimates put the population change in Montrose County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Montrose County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Montrose County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 16.1 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 244 | 411 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.9% | +8.0% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,635 | $3,138 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $72,120 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65 → 74+13.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 527
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 377 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $5.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Montrose 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 Montrose County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,591+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 18,069
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,241 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $72,120+42.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,726
- Median home value
- $388,400
- Jobs located here
- 15,713
- Daytime population
- 41,442Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, CO | 71 | 194 | 13.9 | $2.8M | +10.9% | #191 of 2,057 |
| 2Denver County, CO | 71 | 418 | 12.5 | $2.6M | +3.2% | #196 of 2,057 |
| 3Broomfield County, CO | 70 | 48 | 15.1 | $2.4M | +6.3% | #219 of 2,057 |
| 4Boulder County, CO | 66 | 154 | 11.2 | $3M | −0.7% | #327 of 2,057 |
| 5Routt County, CO | 58 | 12 | 10.6 | $3.2M | +2.0% | #651 of 2,057 |
| 6Grand County, CO | 56 | 8 | 10.7 | $2.8M | +4.8% | #730 of 2,057 |
| 7Park County, CO | 56 | 11 | 12.2 | $2.6M | +5.1% | #739 of 2,057 |
| 8Montezuma County, CO | 54 | 9 | 8.0 | $3.2M | +3.0% | #820 of 2,057 |
| 9Chaffee County, CO | 51 | 12 | 12.2 | $2.4M | +6.9% | #985 of 2,057 |
| 10Morgan County, CO | 49 | 11 | 9.9 | $2.5M | +4.2% | #1,062 of 2,057 |
| 31Montrose County, CO | 25 | 37 | 20.5 | $1.3M | +4.1% | #1,937 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Montrose 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 Montrose County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 home repair companies in Montrose County. 7 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 74 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Montrose County, CO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $47.6M a year, or $2,635 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,069 households in Montrose County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montrose County, CO compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Montrose County has 20.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.3M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Montrose County would have about 20, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 244 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Montrose County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Montrose County at 44,591 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,069 households. The median household income in Montrose County is $72,120 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.8% 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. Montrose County scores 25 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,937 of 2,057 scored counties.
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