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Home repair companies in the Hays, KS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Hays, KS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #521 of 526 scored small-town markets
#12 of 13 scored small-town markets based 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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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Hays area is 19 (low), #521 of 526 scored small-town markets and #12 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $2,456 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Hays area spend about $30.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $1.3M per company, 48% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 24 home repair companies on map listings in the Hays area as of September 2026. 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 33 businesses with payroll in the Hays area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, 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 the Hays area. Population estimates put the population change in the Hays area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Hays area 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 | Hays area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.6 | 14.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 371 | 587 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +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 score | 19 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Hays area, 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 the Hays area
- 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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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Hays area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, KS | 55 | 12 | 11.5 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #202 of 526 |
| 2Dodge City, KS | 44 | 15 | 12.7 | $2M | −0.6% | #340 of 526 |
| 3Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 34 | 18 | 13.4 | $1.8M | −0.4% | #437 of 526 |
| 4Pittsburg, KS | 33 | 19 | 12.0 | $1.9M | +0.1% | #446 of 526 |
| 5Liberal, KS | 31 | 11 | 15.2 | $1.7M | −3.6% | #465 of 526 |
| 6Emporia, KS | 29 | 22 | 15.0 | $1.6M | +0.4% | #478 of 526 |
| 7McPherson, KS | 29 | 22 | 18.1 | $1.5M | −0.4% | #479 of 526 |
| 8Garden City, KS | 25 | 30 | 22.7 | $1.2M | −2.1% | #505 of 526 |
| 9Salina, KS | 22 | 46 | 18.5 | $1.4M | −1.4% | #515 of 526 |
| 10Atchison, KS | 20 | 8 | 13.9 | $1.7M | −0.9% | #519 of 526 |
| 12Hays, KS | 19 | 24 | 19.6 | $1.3M | +0.4% | #521 of 526 |
Other business types in the Hays area
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 the Hays, KS area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 home repair companies in the Hays area. 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 the Hays, KS area 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 the Hays area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hays, KS area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Hays area 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 U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Hays area 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 the Hays, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Hays area at 29,075 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,251 households. The median household income in the Hays area is $63,084 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Hays area scores 19 for home repair companies (low), #521 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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