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Home repair companies in Knox County, KY

How Knox County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $1,999 a household
Spending per listing
$7.8M
3.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
79% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,532
−2.2% 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

At $1,999 per household (34% below the U.S. average), households in Knox County spend about $23.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 3 home repair companies, that is $7.8M per company, 3.2 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 3 home repair companies on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Knox County in 2023. That is one for every 1,952 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Knox County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 home repair companies on map listings, Knox County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Knox 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 Knox County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureKnox CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.611.112.4
Spending per listing$7.8M$2.4M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,952717587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$1,999$2,674$3,018
Median household income$32,527$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 6
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$909K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Knox 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 Knox County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,532−2.2% since 2020
Households
11,711
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
386 sq. mi.
People per square mile
77
Median household income
$32,527+7.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$50,707
Median home value
$118,700
Jobs located here
8,810
Daytime population
28,691Residents 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 Knox 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
Knox County, KYNot scored32.6$7.8M−2.2%

Other business types in Knox County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 home repair companies in Knox County. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $23.4M a year, or $1,999 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $7.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,711 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Knox County has 2.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $7.8M, 3.2 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Knox County would have about 10, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,952 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Knox County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Knox County at 29,532 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,711 households. The median household income in Knox County is $32,527 a year, 60% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 7.8% 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. Knox County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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How the score works · Top markets for home repair companies · All 56 business types in Knox County

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