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Home repair companies in Kenton County, KY
How Kenton 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #340 of 2,057 scored counties
#13 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 84
- 3 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 97
- +12.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $203.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,019 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 175,779
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 home repair companies in Kenton County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 12.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $3,019 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Kenton County spend about $203.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 84 home repair companies, that is $2.4M per company, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Kenton County was 97 in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 695 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Kenton County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kenton County grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Kenton County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #340 of 2,057 scored counties and #13 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kenton 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 | Kenton County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 11.1 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 695 | 717 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.8% | +10.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,019 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $80,548 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 86 → 97+12.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,057
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $63.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 843 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Kenton 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 Kenton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 175,779+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 67,367
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 160 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,068
- Median household income
- $80,548+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,303
- Median home value
- $244,400
- Jobs located here
- 69,403
- Daytime population
- 152,560Residents 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 |
| 13Kenton County, KY | 66 | 84 | 12.5 | $2.4M | +3.9% | #340 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Kenton 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 trades66
- HVAC and plumbing71
- Electricians73
- Roofing and gutters62
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control80
- Landscaping and lawn care83
- House cleaning69
- Pest control86
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Kenton County, KY?
There are 84 home repair companies on map listings in Kenton County as of September 2026. 3 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 97 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Kenton County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $203.4M a year, or $3,019 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,367 households in Kenton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenton County, KY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Kenton County has 12.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 695 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Kenton County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Kenton County at 175,779 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,367 households. Median household income in Kenton County is $80,548, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Kenton County scores 66 for home repair companies (upper middle), #340 of 2,057 scored counties.
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