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Home repair companies in Aroostook County, ME
How Aroostook County, ME 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #609 of 2,057 scored counties
#7 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 23
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- −7.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $79.3M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,651 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,609
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 home repair companies in Aroostook County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.7, 38% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,651 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Aroostook County spend about $79.3M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $3.4M per company, 42% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Aroostook County was 47 in 2023, down 7.8% from 2019. That is one for every 637 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Aroostook County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Aroostook County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #609 of 2,057 scored counties and #7 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Aroostook County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Aroostook County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 637 | 385 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.8% | +15.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,651 | $3,054 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $56,700 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 51 → 47−7.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 255
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 230 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 Aroostook 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 Aroostook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,609−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 29,932
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 6,671 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $56,700+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,175
- Median home value
- $149,700
- Jobs located here
- 24,240
- Daytime population
- 64,574Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waldo County, ME | 67 | 10 | 5.7 | $5.1M | +2.6% | #282 of 2,057 |
| 2Oxford County, ME | 66 | 18 | 7.5 | $3.7M | +4.2% | #322 of 2,057 |
| 3Lincoln County, ME | 65 | 11 | 6.6 | $4.6M | +3.8% | #345 of 2,057 |
| 4Sagadahoc County, ME | 63 | 17 | 10.3 | $3.1M | +3.4% | #445 of 2,057 |
| 5Washington County, ME | 60 | 13 | 9.2 | $2.9M | +0.8% | #573 of 2,057 |
| 6Somerset County, ME | 59 | 15 | 6.5 | $4.1M | +2.3% | #602 of 2,057 |
| 7Aroostook County, ME | 59 | 23 | 7.7 | $3.4M | −0.7% | #609 of 2,057 |
| 8Penobscot County, ME | 59 | 67 | 10.3 | $2.8M | +3.8% | #621 of 2,057 |
| 9York County, ME | 58 | 115 | 12.6 | $2.6M | +4.8% | #660 of 2,057 |
| 10Knox County, ME | 57 | 17 | 9.2 | $3.4M | +1.1% | #688 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Aroostook 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 Aroostook County, ME?
There are 23 home repair companies on map listings in Aroostook County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 7.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Aroostook County, ME spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $79.3M a year, or $2,651 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,932 households in Aroostook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aroostook County, ME compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Aroostook County has 7.7 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.4M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Aroostook County would have about 33, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 637 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Aroostook County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Aroostook County at 66,609 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,932 households. Median household income in Aroostook County is $56,700, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Aroostook County scores 59 for home repair companies (upper middle), #609 of 2,057 scored counties.
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