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Home repair companies in Vanderburgh County, IN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,870 of 2,057 scored counties
#76 of 82 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
128
13 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
125
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$195.3M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,496 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.4
32% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
181,995
+0.9% 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

For home repair companies, Vanderburgh County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,870 of 2,057 scored counties and #76 of 82 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Vanderburgh County comes to about $195.3M a year: $2,496 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 128 home repair companies, that is $1.5M per company, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Vanderburgh County has 128 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 10%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 32% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Vanderburgh County was 125 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 626 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Vanderburgh County. Population estimates put the population change in Vanderburgh County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Vanderburgh 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 Vanderburgh County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureVanderburgh CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.413.312.4
Spending per listing$1.5M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment626699587
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+7.7%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,496$2,669$3,018
Median household income$61,648$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score2942

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
125 → 1250.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,137
Annual payroll, 2023
$226.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
12813 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
80The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$3.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
181,995+0.9% since 2020
Households
78,270
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
233 sq. mi.
People per square mile
772
Median household income
$61,648+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,065
Median home value
$184,000
Jobs located here
109,446
Daytime population
203,371Residents 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 Vanderburgh 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
76Vanderburgh County, IN2912816.4$1.5M+0.9%#1,870 of 2,057

Other business types in Vanderburgh County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 128 home repair companies in Vanderburgh County. 13 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

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

About $195.3M a year, or $2,496 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 128 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 78,270 households in Vanderburgh County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Vanderburgh County has 16.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Vanderburgh County would have about 80, against 128 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 626 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Vanderburgh County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Vanderburgh County at 181,995 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,270 households. The median household income in Vanderburgh County is $61,648 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. Vanderburgh County scores 29 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,870 of 2,057 scored counties.

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