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Home repair companies in Ellis County, KS

How Ellis 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 14 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,043 of 2,057 scored counties
#35 of 37 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
24
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
33
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$30.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,456 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.6
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,075
+0.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Ellis County is 14 (low), #2,043 of 2,057 scored counties and #35 of 37 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 home repair companies in Ellis County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 19.6 per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $2,456 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Ellis County spend about $30.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 24 home repair companies, that is $1.3M per company, 48% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ellis County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 371 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1M has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ellis County. Population estimates show Ellis County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Ellis 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.

Home repair trades in Ellis County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureEllis CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.614.312.4
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment371587587
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+5.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,456$2,741$3,018
Median household income$63,084$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score1431

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33 → 330.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
242
Annual payroll, 2023
$15.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
240 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
1
Amount
$1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
29,075+0.4% since 2020
Households
12,251
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
900 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$63,084+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,365
Median home value
$216,300
Jobs located here
15,340
Daytime population
30,752Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Ellis County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumner County, KS6466.7$3.8M−0.1%#385 of 2,057
2Johnson County, KS6436514.6$2.3M+4.2%#418 of 2,057
3Osage County, KS5969.3$2.8M−0.3%#622 of 2,057
4Geary County, KS58117.8$3.1M−1.2%#653 of 2,057
5Douglas County, KS585711.3$2.4M+1.8%#669 of 2,057
6Cherokee County, KS5767.6$3M−1.0%#691 of 2,057
7Leavenworth County, KS573712.3$2.4M+3.2%#704 of 2,057
8Labette County, KS5378.7$2.7M−2.4%#879 of 2,057
9Jefferson County, KS48810.8$2.6M−0.2%#1,109 of 2,057
10Franklin County, KS481211.5$2.2M+1.1%#1,128 of 2,057
35Ellis County, KS142419.6$1.3M+0.4%#2,043 of 2,057

Other business types in Ellis County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Ellis County, KS?

There are 24 home repair companies on map listings in Ellis County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

How much do households in Ellis County, KS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $30.1M a year, or $2,456 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,251 households in Ellis County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ellis County, KS compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Ellis County has 19.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.3M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Ellis County would have about 12, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 371 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 Ellis County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Ellis County at 29,075 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,251 households. Median household income in Ellis County is $63,084, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Ellis County scores 14 for home repair companies (low), #2,043 of 2,057 scored counties.

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