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Home repair companies in Carroll County, IN

The home repair companies in Carroll County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #939 of 2,057 scored counties
#26 of 82 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,539 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,655
+1.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Carroll County comes to about $20.5M a year: $2,539 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 home repair companies, that is $2.3M per company, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 9 home repair companies on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.1 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Carroll County in 2023. That is one for every 809 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $250K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Carroll County.

Population estimates show Carroll County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Carroll County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #939 of 2,057 scored counties and #26 of 82 scored counties in Indiana.

How Carroll 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.

Home repair trades in Carroll County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.113.312.4
Spending per listing$2.3M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment809699587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.7%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,539$2,669$3,018
Median household income$65,645$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5242

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 10
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
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
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$250K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Carroll 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 Carroll County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,655+1.6% since 2020
Households
8,085
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
372 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$65,645+19.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,202
Median home value
$180,900
Jobs located here
5,820
Daytime population
16,066Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Carroll County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hamilton County, IN7819714.4$2.5M+10.9%#76 of 2,057
2Boone County, IN784114.3$2.4M+13.5%#77 of 2,057
3Fayette County, IN6855.3$4.5M+0.7%#254 of 2,057
4Franklin County, IN671010.9$2.6M+2.2%#309 of 2,057
5Hendricks County, IN679013.4$2.3M+10.2%#310 of 2,057
6Gibson County, IN66107.4$3.5M+0.1%#323 of 2,057
7Hancock County, IN663711.1$2.7M+13.5%#334 of 2,057
8Warrick County, IN663011.9$2.5M+4.4%#339 of 2,057
9Noble County, IN64168.8$2.9M+1.0%#400 of 2,057
10Posey County, IN6265.7$4.8M−0.8%#470 of 2,057
26Carroll County, IN52911.1$2.3M+1.6%#939 of 2,057

Other business types in Carroll County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Carroll County, IN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 home repair companies in Carroll County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Carroll County, IN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $20.5M a year, or $2,539 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,085 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carroll County, IN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Carroll County has 11.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 809 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Carroll County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Carroll County at 20,655 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,085 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $65,645 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.8% 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. Carroll County scores 52 for home repair companies (upper middle), #939 of 2,057 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for home repair companies · All 56 business types in Carroll County

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