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Home repair companies in Rapides Parish, LA
The home repair companies in Rapides Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,483 of 2,057 scored counties
#30 of 44 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 54
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 76
- +16.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $125.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,556 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 home repair companies in Rapides Parish. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.0 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Rapides Parish comes to about $125.1M a year: $2,556 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 54 home repair companies, that is $2.3M per company, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Rapides Parish was 76 in 2023, up 16.9% from 2019. That is one for every 644 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rapides Parish declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Rapides Parish is 40 (lower middle), #1,483 of 2,057 scored counties and #30 of 44 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Rapides 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.
| Measure | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 13.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 644 | 615 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.9% | +13.8% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,556 | $2,650 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65 → 76+16.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 943
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $61.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 541 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Beauregard Parish, LA | 71 | 8 | 5.8 | $4.7M | +0.2% | #172 of 2,057 |
| 2Orleans Parish, LA | 68 | 100 | 6.4 | $4.1M | −5.5% | #255 of 2,057 |
| 3Washington Parish, LA | 63 | 5 | 2.8 | $8.1M | −0.9% | #422 of 2,057 |
| 4St. Martin Parish, LA | 61 | 8 | 4.1 | $6.2M | −1.0% | #511 of 2,057 |
| 5Iberville Parish, LA | 60 | 10 | 8.9 | $2.9M | −1.6% | #574 of 2,057 |
| 6Ascension Parish, LA | 60 | 70 | 14.7 | $2.2M | +6.4% | #596 of 2,057 |
| 7Evangeline Parish, LA | 59 | 7 | 5.6 | $4.1M | −1.0% | #604 of 2,057 |
| 8West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 59 | 14 | 12.8 | $2.2M | +5.5% | #632 of 2,057 |
| 9De Soto Parish, LA | 58 | 8 | 7.6 | $3.2M | +2.0% | #652 of 2,057 |
| 10St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 57 | 14 | 9.2 | $2.8M | −5.9% | #694 of 2,057 |
| 30Rapides Parish, LA | 40 | 54 | 11.0 | $2.3M | −2.9% | #1,483 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Rapides Parish
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
- Home repair trades40
- HVAC and plumbing38
- Electricians43
- Roofing and gutters31
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control38
- Landscaping and lawn care49
- House cleaning48
- Pest control12
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Rapides Parish, LA?
There are 54 home repair companies on map listings in Rapides Parish as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 16.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $125.1M a year, or $2,556 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Rapides Parish has 11.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.3M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 52, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 644 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 40 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,483 of 2,057 scored counties.
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