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Home repair companies in Breathitt County, KY
The home repair companies in Breathitt County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,020 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 12,558
- −8.3% since 2020
See the home repair companies around any address in Breathitt County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 home repair companies in Breathitt County. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Breathitt County comes to about $11M a year: $2,020 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each company on map listings.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Breathitt County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Breathitt County from 2020 to 2025 at −8.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 home repair companies on map listings, Breathitt County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Breathitt County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Breathitt County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 11.1 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 717 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,020 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $34,808 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Breathitt 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 Breathitt County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,558−8.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,464
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $34,808+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $51,653
- Median home value
- $70,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,764
- Daytime population
- 12,089Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson County, KY | 76 | 10 | 10.4 | $2.7M | +5.5% | #92 of 2,057 |
| 2Allen County, KY | 74 | 6 | 7.5 | $3.4M | +9.5% | #120 of 2,057 |
| 3Mercer County, KY | 74 | 9 | 9.8 | $2.7M | +4.8% | #130 of 2,057 |
| 4Meade County, KY | 72 | 7 | 6.4 | $4.5M | +2.2% | #152 of 2,057 |
| 5Trigg County, KY | 72 | 5 | 8.3 | $3.1M | +3.1% | #160 of 2,057 |
| 6Breckinridge County, KY | 71 | 7 | 8.7 | $2.9M | +5.2% | #190 of 2,057 |
| 7Henry County, KY | 71 | 6 | 9.8 | $2.6M | +4.8% | #195 of 2,057 |
| 8Grant County, KY | 70 | 5 | 5.4 | $4.8M | +4.7% | #200 of 2,057 |
| 9Russell County, KY | 70 | 5 | 6.6 | $3.6M | +3.4% | #207 of 2,057 |
| 10Boone County, KY | 69 | 65 | 12.8 | $2.6M | +6.5% | #247 of 2,057 |
| Breathitt County, KY | Not scored | 2 | 3.7 | $5.5M | −8.3% |
Other business types in Breathitt 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Breathitt County, KY?
Breathitt County has 2 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. No official count is published for plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Breathitt County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Breathitt County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $11M a year, or $2,020 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,464 households in Breathitt County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Breathitt County, KY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Breathitt County has 2 home repair companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Breathitt County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Breathitt County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Breathitt County at 12,558 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,464 households. Median household income in Breathitt County is $34,808, 57% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. Breathitt County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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