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Home repair companies in Howard County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Howard County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,452 of 2,057 scored counties
#56 of 82 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 49
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- −5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $88.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,480 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,904
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 home repair companies in Howard County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.8, 11% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,480 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Howard County spend about $88.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 49 home repair companies, that is $1.8M per company, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Howard County was 38 in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 937 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Howard County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,452 of 2,057 scored counties and #56 of 82 scored counties in Indiana.
How Howard 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 | Howard County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 937 | 699 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.0% | +7.7% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,480 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,027 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 38−5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 556
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 492 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,904+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,593
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 293 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,020
- Median home value
- $165,000
- Jobs located here
- 35,309
- Daytime population
- 82,151Residents 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 |
| 56Howard County, IN | 41 | 49 | 13.8 | $1.8M | +0.4% | #1,452 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Howard 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 Howard County, IN?
There are 49 home repair companies on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Howard County, IN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $88.3M a year, or $2,480 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,593 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, IN compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Howard County has 13.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Howard County would have about 36, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 937 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in Howard County is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Howard County scores 41 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,452 of 2,057 scored counties.
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