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Home repair companies in Mercer County, KY
How Mercer 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #130 of 2,057 scored counties
#3 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,650 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,733
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Mercer County scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #130 of 2,057 scored counties and #3 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for home repair companies.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Mercer County comes to about $24.3M a year: $2,650 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Mercer County has 9 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 9.8 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Mercer County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,312 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Mercer County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Mercer 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 | Mercer County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 11.1 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,312 | 717 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,650 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $64,824 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,733+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 9,181
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 249 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $64,824+17.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,091
- Median home value
- $202,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,702
- Daytime population
- 19,848Residents 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 |
Other business types in Mercer 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 Mercer County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home repair companies in Mercer County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Mercer County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $24.3M a year, or $2,650 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,181 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, KY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Mercer County has 9.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.7M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Mercer County would have about 10, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,312 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Mercer County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 23,733 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,181 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $64,824 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.7% 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. Mercer County scores 74 for home repair companies (upper middle), #130 of 2,057 scored counties.
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