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Home repair companies in Saline County, KS

How Saline 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 15 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,040 of 2,057 scored counties
#34 of 37 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
46
2 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
48
+14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$56.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,494 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
50% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.4
65% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,377
−1.6% 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

For home repair companies, Saline County has a Groundwork market score of 15 (low): #2,040 of 2,057 scored counties and #34 of 37 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 home repair companies in Saline County. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.4, 65% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $2,494 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Saline County spend about $56.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Saline County in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 469 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Saline County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Saline 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 Saline County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSaline CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.414.312.4
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment469587587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.3%+5.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,494$2,741$3,018
Median household income$65,422$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score1531

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42 → 48+14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
350
Annual payroll, 2023
$18.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
462 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Saline 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 Saline County

Population, 2025 estimate
53,377−1.6% since 2020
Households
22,523
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
720 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$65,422+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,965
Median home value
$179,600
Jobs located here
28,888
Daytime population
57,460Residents 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 Saline 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
34Saline County, KS154620.4$1.2M−1.6%#2,040 of 2,057

Other business types in Saline County

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

Questions

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

There are 46 home repair companies on map listings in Saline County as of September 2026. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019.

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

About $56.2M a year, or $2,494 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,523 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Saline County has 20.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.2M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Saline County would have about 23, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 469 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Saline County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Saline County at 53,377 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,523 households. Median household income in Saline County is $65,422, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Saline County scores 15 for home repair companies (low), #2,040 of 2,057 scored counties.

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