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Home repair companies in Henderson County, KY
How Henderson County, KY 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,932 of 2,057 scored counties
#58 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 31
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +18.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,543 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.7
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,255
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Henderson County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,932 of 2,057 scored counties and #58 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Henderson County comes to about $47.1M a year: $2,543 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per company, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Henderson County has 31 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 16.7 per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in Henderson County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 18.5% from 2019. That is one for every 579 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Henderson County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Henderson 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 | Henderson County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.7 | 11.1 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 579 | 717 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.5% | +10.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,543 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $58,851 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 32+18.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 290
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 311 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Henderson 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 Henderson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,255−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,522
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $58,851+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,123
- Median home value
- $171,900
- Jobs located here
- 18,213
- Daytime population
- 42,177Residents 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 |
| 58Henderson County, KY | 25 | 31 | 16.7 | $1.5M | −0.9% | #1,932 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Henderson 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 Henderson County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 home repair companies in Henderson County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 18.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Henderson County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $47.1M a year, or $2,543 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,522 households in Henderson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Henderson County, KY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Henderson County has 16.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.5M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Henderson County would have about 19, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 579 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Henderson County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Henderson County at 44,255 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,522 households. The median household income in Henderson County is $58,851 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Henderson County scores 25 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,932 of 2,057 scored counties.
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