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Home repair companies in Brown County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Brown County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,280 of 2,057 scored counties
#40 of 82 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,749 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,777
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Brown County comes to about $18.6M a year: $2,749 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 home repair companies, that is $2.1M per company, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Brown County has 9 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Brown County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 522 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Brown County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Brown County is 45 (lower middle), #1,280 of 2,057 scored counties and #40 of 82 scored counties in Indiana.
How Brown County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Brown County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 522 | 699 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.7% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,749 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $78,528 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 48
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,777+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,781
- Median age
- 50.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 312 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $78,528+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,604
- Median home value
- $269,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,484
- Daytime population
- 12,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamilton County, IN | 78 | 197 | 14.4 | $2.5M | +10.9% | #76 of 2,057 |
| 2Boone County, IN | 78 | 41 | 14.3 | $2.4M | +13.5% | #77 of 2,057 |
| 3Fayette County, IN | 68 | 5 | 5.3 | $4.5M | +0.7% | #254 of 2,057 |
| 4Franklin County, IN | 67 | 10 | 10.9 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #309 of 2,057 |
| 5Hendricks County, IN | 67 | 90 | 13.4 | $2.3M | +10.2% | #310 of 2,057 |
| 6Gibson County, IN | 66 | 10 | 7.4 | $3.5M | +0.1% | #323 of 2,057 |
| 7Hancock County, IN | 66 | 37 | 11.1 | $2.7M | +13.5% | #334 of 2,057 |
| 8Warrick County, IN | 66 | 30 | 11.9 | $2.5M | +4.4% | #339 of 2,057 |
| 9Noble County, IN | 64 | 16 | 8.8 | $2.9M | +1.0% | #400 of 2,057 |
| 10Posey County, IN | 62 | 6 | 5.7 | $4.8M | −0.8% | #470 of 2,057 |
| 40Brown County, IN | 45 | 9 | 13.3 | $2.1M | +1.9% | #1,280 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Brown County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Brown County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home repair companies in Brown County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Brown County, IN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $18.6M a year, or $2,749 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,781 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, IN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Brown County has 13.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Brown County would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 522 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 15,777 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,781 households. The median household income in Brown County is $78,528 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Brown County scores 45 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,280 of 2,057 scored counties.
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