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Home repair companies in Union County, KY

How Union 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$12.6M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,424 a household
Spending per listing
$6.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
12,839
−5.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home repair companies in Union County. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households.

At $2,424 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Union County spend about $12.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 2 home repair companies, that is $6.3M per company.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Union County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Union County declined 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 home repair companies on map listings, Union County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Union 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 Union County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureUnion CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.811.112.4
Spending per listing$6.3M$2.4M$2.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a717587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,424$2,674$3,018
Median household income$60,327$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Union 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 Union County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,839−5.9% since 2020
Households
5,198
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
343 sq. mi.
People per square mile
39
Median household income
$60,327+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,009
Median home value
$104,500
Jobs located here
4,860
Daytime population
12,569Residents 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 Union 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
Union County, KYNot scored23.8$6.3M−5.9%

Other business types in Union County

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

Questions

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

There are 2 home repair companies on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. No official count is published for plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Union County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $12.6M a year, or $2,424 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $6.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,198 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Union County has 2 home repair companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Union County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Union County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Union County at 12,839 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,198 households. Median household income in Union County is $60,327, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Union County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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