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Home repair companies in Clark County, KY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Clark County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,329 of 2,057 scored counties
#44 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
21
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
23
+4.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$39.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,638 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.9
12% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,888
+2.3% 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 21 home repair companies in Clark County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.9, 12% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Clark County comes to about $39.7M a year: $2,638 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 home repair companies, that is $1.9M per company, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Clark County in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 655 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $65K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Clark County.

Population estimates put the population change in Clark County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Clark County is 44 (lower middle), #1,329 of 2,057 scored counties and #44 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Clark 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.

Home repair trades in Clark County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureClark CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.911.112.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.4M$2.4M
Households per official establishment655717587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.6%+10.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,638$2,674$3,018
Median household income$64,348$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score4453

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
22 → 23+4.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
267
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$65K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
37,888+2.3% since 2020
Households
15,055
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
253 sq. mi.
People per square mile
147
Median household income
$64,348+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,280
Median home value
$205,800
Jobs located here
13,487
Daytime population
34,107Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Clark County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Anderson County, KY761010.4$2.7M+5.5%#92 of 2,057
2Allen County, KY7467.5$3.4M+9.5%#120 of 2,057
3Mercer County, KY7499.8$2.7M+4.8%#130 of 2,057
4Meade County, KY7276.4$4.5M+2.2%#152 of 2,057
5Trigg County, KY7258.3$3.1M+3.1%#160 of 2,057
6Breckinridge County, KY7178.7$2.9M+5.2%#190 of 2,057
7Henry County, KY7169.8$2.6M+4.8%#195 of 2,057
8Grant County, KY7055.4$4.8M+4.7%#200 of 2,057
9Russell County, KY7056.6$3.6M+3.4%#207 of 2,057
10Boone County, KY696512.8$2.6M+6.5%#247 of 2,057
44Clark County, KY442113.9$1.9M+2.3%#1,329 of 2,057

Other business types in Clark County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Clark County, KY?

There are 21 home repair companies on map listings in Clark County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019.

How much do households in Clark County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $39.7M a year, or $2,638 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,055 households in Clark County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clark County, KY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Clark County has 13.9 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Clark County would have about 16, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 655 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Clark County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Clark County at 37,888 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,055 households. Median household income in Clark County is $64,348, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.1%, 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. Clark County scores 44 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,329 of 2,057 scored counties.

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