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Home repair companies in Rowan County, KY

How Rowan 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 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,391 a household
Spending per listing
$5.7M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
66% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,476
−1.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 home repair companies in Rowan County. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Rowan County spend about $22.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,391 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Rowan County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 639 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rowan County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 home repair companies on map listings, Rowan County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Rowan 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 Rowan County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureRowan CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.211.112.4
Spending per listing$5.7M$2.4M$2.4M
Households per official establishment639717587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,391$2,674$3,018
Median household income$54,321$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 15
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Rowan 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 Rowan County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,476−1.0% since 2020
Households
9,592
Median age
34.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
280 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$54,321+42.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,885
Median home value
$161,800
Jobs located here
10,474
Daytime population
25,662Residents 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 Rowan 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
Rowan County, KYNot scored44.2$5.7M−1.0%

Other business types in Rowan County

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

Questions

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

Rowan County has 4 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $22.9M a year, or $2,391 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $5.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,592 households in Rowan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Rowan County has 4.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $5.7M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Rowan County would have about 9, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 639 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Rowan County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Rowan County at 24,476 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,592 households. Median household income in Rowan County is $54,321, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.1%, 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. Rowan County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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