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Home repair companies in Franklin County, ME

How Franklin 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #974 of 2,057 scored counties
#14 of 16 scored counties in Maine

Listings
13
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
45
+50.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$34.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,715 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.3
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,824
+4.6% 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 13 home repair companies in Franklin County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 10.3 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Households in Franklin County spend about $34.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,715 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per company, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 45 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 282 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $140K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Franklin County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Franklin County is 51 (upper middle), #974 of 2,057 scored counties and #14 of 16 scored counties in Maine.

How Franklin 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.

Home repair trades in Franklin County, ME compared with Maine and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyMaineU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.311.512.4
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment282385587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+50.0%+15.9%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+3.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,715$3,054$3,018
Median household income$58,675$74,733$80,734
Groundwork market score5153

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
30 → 45+50.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
205
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
130 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$140K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,824+4.6% since 2020
Households
12,675
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,697 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$58,675+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,999
Median home value
$194,700
Jobs located here
10,591
Daytime population
27,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Maine

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The highest-scoring counties in Maine for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Maine, with Franklin County marked.

Top counties in Maine

Counties in Maine ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waldo County, ME67105.7$5.1M+2.6%#282 of 2,057
2Oxford County, ME66187.5$3.7M+4.2%#322 of 2,057
3Lincoln County, ME65116.6$4.6M+3.8%#345 of 2,057
4Sagadahoc County, ME631710.3$3.1M+3.4%#445 of 2,057
5Washington County, ME60139.2$2.9M+0.8%#573 of 2,057
6Somerset County, ME59156.5$4.1M+2.3%#602 of 2,057
7Aroostook County, ME59237.7$3.4M−0.7%#609 of 2,057
8Penobscot County, ME596710.3$2.8M+3.8%#621 of 2,057
9York County, ME5811512.6$2.6M+4.8%#660 of 2,057
10Knox County, ME57179.2$3.4M+1.1%#688 of 2,057
14Franklin County, ME511310.3$2.6M+4.6%#974 of 2,057

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Franklin County, ME?

There are 13 home repair companies on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Franklin County, ME spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $34.4M a year, or $2,715 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,675 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, ME compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Franklin County has 10.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.6M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Franklin County would have about 14, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 282 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, ME growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 30,824 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,675 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $58,675, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Franklin County scores 51 for home repair companies (upper middle), #974 of 2,057 scored counties.

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