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Home repair companies in Riley County, KS
How Riley 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,321 of 2,057 scored counties
#14 of 37 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 35
- 3 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- −5.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $69.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,519 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.6
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,598
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 home repair companies in Riley County. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.6, 2% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Riley County comes to about $69.8M a year: $2,519 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 35 home repair companies, that is $2M per company, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Riley County was 34 in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 815 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Riley County grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Riley County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,321 of 2,057 scored counties and #14 of 37 scored counties in Kansas.
How Riley 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 | Riley County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.6 | 14.3 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 815 | 587 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.6% | +5.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,519 | $2,741 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,098 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 34−5.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 398
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 353 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Riley 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 Riley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,598+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 27,695
- Median age
- 30.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 46%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $61,098+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,486
- Median home value
- $237,100
- Jobs located here
- 27,758
- Daytime population
- 75,612Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 14Riley County, KS | 44 | 35 | 12.6 | $2M | +0.8% | #1,321 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Riley 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 trades44
- HVAC and plumbing58
- Electricians31
- Roofing and gutters42
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control29
- Landscaping and lawn care44
- House cleaning22
- Pest control33
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Riley County, KS?
There are 35 home repair companies on map listings in Riley County as of September 2026. 3 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 5.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Riley County, KS spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $69.8M a year, or $2,519 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,695 households in Riley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Riley County, KS compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Riley County has 12.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Riley County would have about 29, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 815 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Riley County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Riley County at 72,598 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,695 households. Median household income in Riley County is $61,098, 24% 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. Riley County scores 44 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,321 of 2,057 scored counties.
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