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Home repair companies in Johnson County, KS

How Johnson 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #418 of 2,057 scored counties
#2 of 37 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
365
24 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
391
+9.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$837M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,354 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.6
18% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
636,906
+4.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 365 home repair companies in Johnson County. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 7%, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 14.6 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $3,354 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in Johnson County spend about $837M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 365 home repair companies, that is $2.3M per company, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 391 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Johnson County in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 638 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 26 SBA-backed loans worth $9.2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Johnson County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Johnson County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Johnson County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #418 of 2,057 scored counties and #2 of 37 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Johnson 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 Johnson County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.614.312.4
Spending per listing$2.3M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment638587587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.5%+5.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$3,354$2,741$3,018
Median household income$109,208$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score6431

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
357 → 391+9.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
7,194
Annual payroll, 2023
$567M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
36524 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
345The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
26
Amount
$9.2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
636,906+4.2% since 2020
Households
249,531
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
474 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,310
Median household income
$109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$146,207
Median home value
$391,200
Jobs located here
379,207
Daytime population
678,980Residents 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 Johnson 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

Other business types in Johnson County

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

Questions

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

There are 365 home repair companies on map listings in Johnson County as of September 2026. 24 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 391 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019.

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

About $837M a year, or $3,354 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 365 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Johnson County has 14.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Johnson County would have about 345, against 365 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 638 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 64 for home repair companies (upper middle), #418 of 2,057 scored counties.

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