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Home repair companies in Fountain County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Fountain County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,727 of 2,057 scored counties
#68 of 82 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,438 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,013
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Fountain County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,727 of 2,057 scored counties and #68 of 82 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home repair companies in Fountain County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 13.0 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,438 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Fountain County spend about $16.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each company on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Fountain County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Fountain County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fountain 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 | Fountain County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.0 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 699 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.7% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,438 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $62,542 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- 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
- 7The 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 Fountain 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 Fountain County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,013+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,941
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $62,542+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,642
- Median home value
- $143,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,257
- Daytime population
- 13,338Residents 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 |
| 68Fountain County, IN | 34 | 9 | 13.0 | $1.9M | +3.2% | #1,727 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Fountain 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 Fountain County, IN?
There are 9 home repair companies on map listings in Fountain County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. No official count is published for plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Fountain County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Fountain County, IN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $16.9M a year, or $2,438 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,941 households in Fountain County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fountain County, IN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Fountain County has 13.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.9M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Fountain County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Fountain County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Fountain County at 17,013 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,941 households. Median household income in Fountain County is $62,542, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Fountain County scores 34 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,727 of 2,057 scored counties.
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