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Home repair companies in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,450 of 2,057 scored counties
#27 of 44 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
271
14 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
276
+13.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$490.3M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,765 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.3
23% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
456,180
+0.1% 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 271 home repair companies in East Baton Rouge Parish. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 5%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.3, 23% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

At $2,765 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in East Baton Rouge Parish spend about $490.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 271 home repair companies, that is $1.8M per company, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 276 businesses with payroll in East Baton Rouge Parish classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 642 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Population estimates put the population change in East Baton Rouge Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in East Baton Rouge Parish is 41 (lower middle), #1,450 of 2,057 scored counties and #27 of 44 scored counties in Louisiana.

How East Baton Rouge Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureEast Baton Rouge ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.313.212.4
Spending per listing$1.8M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment642615587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.6%+13.8%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,765$2,650$3,018
Median household income$63,071$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4126

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
243 → 276+13.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
7,736
Annual payroll, 2023
$650.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
27114 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
202The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
9
Amount
$2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in East Baton Rouge Parish, 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 East Baton Rouge Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
456,180+0.1% since 2020
Households
177,295
Median age
36.2
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
456 sq. mi.
People per square mile
994
Median household income
$63,071+14.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,663
Median home value
$248,800
Jobs located here
276,235
Daytime population
543,191Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with East Baton Rouge Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Beauregard Parish, LA7185.8$4.7M+0.2%#172 of 2,057
2Orleans Parish, LA681006.4$4.1M−5.5%#255 of 2,057
3Washington Parish, LA6352.8$8.1M−0.9%#422 of 2,057
4St. Martin Parish, LA6184.1$6.2M−1.0%#511 of 2,057
5Iberville Parish, LA60108.9$2.9M−1.6%#574 of 2,057
6Ascension Parish, LA607014.7$2.2M+6.4%#596 of 2,057
7Evangeline Parish, LA5975.6$4.1M−1.0%#604 of 2,057
8West Baton Rouge Parish, LA591412.8$2.2M+5.5%#632 of 2,057
9De Soto Parish, LA5887.6$3.2M+2.0%#652 of 2,057
10St. John the Baptist Parish, LA57149.2$2.8M−5.9%#694 of 2,057
27East Baton Rouge Parish, LA4127115.3$1.8M+0.1%#1,450 of 2,057

Other business types in East Baton Rouge Parish

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA?

East Baton Rouge Parish has 271 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 276 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 13.6% from 2019.

How much do households in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $490.3M a year, or $2,765 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 271 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,295 households in East Baton Rouge Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does East Baton Rouge Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

East Baton Rouge Parish has 15.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, East Baton Rouge Parish would have about 202, against 271 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 642 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is East Baton Rouge Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put East Baton Rouge Parish at 456,180 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,295 households. Median household income in East Baton Rouge Parish is $63,071, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.8%, 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. East Baton Rouge Parish scores 41 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,450 of 2,057 scored counties.

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