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Home repair companies in Ripley County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Ripley County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #925 of 2,057 scored counties
#24 of 82 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
11
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,579 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,434
+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

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 home repair companies in Ripley County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Ripley County spend about $29.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,579 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per company, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Ripley County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 577 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ripley County.

Population estimates put the population change in Ripley County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Ripley County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #925 of 2,057 scored counties and #24 of 82 scored counties in Indiana.

How Ripley 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 Ripley County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureRipley CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.513.312.4
Spending per listing$2.7M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment577699587
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$2,579$2,669$3,018
Median household income$70,573$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5242

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 20
Employees, 2023
82
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.9M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
29,434+1.6% since 2020
Households
11,531
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
446 sq. mi.
People per square mile
65
Median household income
$70,573+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,934
Median home value
$222,500
Jobs located here
10,343
Daytime population
26,139Residents 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 Ripley 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
24Ripley County, IN52119.5$2.7M+1.6%#925 of 2,057

Other business types in Ripley County

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

Questions

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

Ripley County has 11 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $29.7M a year, or $2,579 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,531 households in Ripley County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ripley County has 9.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.7M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Ripley County would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 577 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Ripley County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Ripley County at 29,434 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,531 households. Median household income in Ripley County is $70,573, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Ripley County scores 52 for home repair companies (upper middle), #925 of 2,057 scored counties.

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