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Home repair companies in Douglas County, KS
How Douglas County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #669 of 2,057 scored counties
#5 of 37 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 57
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 71
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $136.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,713 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,920
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Douglas County comes to about $136.8M a year: $2,713 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per company, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 57 home repair companies on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.3 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Douglas County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 710 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $800K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Douglas County.
Population estimates show Douglas County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #669 of 2,057 scored counties and #5 of 37 scored counties in Kansas.
How Douglas County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Douglas County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 14.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 710 | 587 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +5.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,713 | $2,741 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,746 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 71 → 710.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 725
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $55.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 571 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $800K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,920+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 50,406
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 264
- Median household income
- $69,746+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,109
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 51,342
- Daytime population
- 115,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Douglas County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumner County, KS | 64 | 6 | 6.7 | $3.8M | −0.1% | #385 of 2,057 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 64 | 365 | 14.6 | $2.3M | +4.2% | #418 of 2,057 |
| 3Osage County, KS | 59 | 6 | 9.3 | $2.8M | −0.3% | #622 of 2,057 |
| 4Geary County, KS | 58 | 11 | 7.8 | $3.1M | −1.2% | #653 of 2,057 |
| 5Douglas County, KS | 58 | 57 | 11.3 | $2.4M | +1.8% | #669 of 2,057 |
| 6Cherokee County, KS | 57 | 6 | 7.6 | $3M | −1.0% | #691 of 2,057 |
| 7Leavenworth County, KS | 57 | 37 | 12.3 | $2.4M | +3.2% | #704 of 2,057 |
| 8Labette County, KS | 53 | 7 | 8.7 | $2.7M | −2.4% | #879 of 2,057 |
| 9Jefferson County, KS | 48 | 8 | 10.8 | $2.6M | −0.2% | #1,109 of 2,057 |
| 10Franklin County, KS | 48 | 12 | 11.5 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #1,128 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Douglas 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
- Home repair trades58
- HVAC and plumbing59
- Electricians61
- Roofing and gutters52
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control35
- Landscaping and lawn care45
- House cleaning32
- Pest control39
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Douglas County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 57 home repair companies in Douglas County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Douglas County, KS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $136.8M a year, or $2,713 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,406 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, KS compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Douglas County has 11.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Douglas County would have about 56, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 710 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 Douglas County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 120,920 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,406 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $69,746 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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. Douglas County scores 58 for home repair companies (upper middle), #669 of 2,057 scored counties.
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