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Home repair companies in Russell County, KY
How Russell 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #207 of 2,057 scored counties
#9 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,397 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,608
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home repair companies in Russell County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 6.6 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Russell County spend about $18.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,397 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 home repair companies, that is $3.6M per company, 49% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Russell County in 2023. That is one for every 1,260 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Russell County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Russell County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #207 of 2,057 scored counties and #9 of 60 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Russell 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 | Russell County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 11.1 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,260 | 717 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,397 | $2,674 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $44,738 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $419K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Russell 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 Russell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,608+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,562
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $44,738+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,696
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,793
- Daytime population
- 16,921Residents 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 Russell 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 Russell County, KY?
There are 5 home repair companies on map listings in Russell County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 Russell County, KY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $18.1M a year, or $2,397 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,562 households in Russell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Russell County, KY compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Russell County has 6.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.6M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Russell County would have about 8, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,260 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Russell County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Russell County at 18,608 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,562 households. Median household income in Russell County is $44,738, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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. Russell County scores 70 for home repair companies (upper middle), #207 of 2,057 scored counties.
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