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Home repair companies in Kennebec County, ME
The home repair companies in Kennebec County, ME, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #850 of 2,057 scored counties
#12 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 67
- 6 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 113
- +31.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $157.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,905 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,067
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Kennebec County comes to about $157.8M a year: $2,905 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Kennebec County has 67 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.3, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Kennebec County was 113 in 2023, up 31.4% from 2019. That is one for every 481 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $140K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Kennebec County.
Population estimates put the population change in Kennebec County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Kennebec County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #850 of 2,057 scored counties and #12 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Kennebec 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 | Kennebec County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 481 | 385 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +31.4% | +15.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,905 | $3,054 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,077 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 86 → 113+31.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 619
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 676 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $140K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Kennebec 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 Kennebec County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,067+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 54,312
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 868 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 146
- Median household income
- $69,077+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,742
- Median home value
- $238,200
- Jobs located here
- 65,677
- Daytime population
- 134,017Residents 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 |
| 12Kennebec County, ME | 54 | 67 | 12.3 | $2.4M | +3.5% | #850 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Kennebec County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Kennebec County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 home repair companies in Kennebec County. 6 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 113 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 31.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Kennebec County, ME spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $157.8M a year, or $2,905 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,312 households in Kennebec County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kennebec County, ME compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Kennebec County has 12.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.4M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Kennebec County would have about 65, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 481 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 31.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Kennebec County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Kennebec County at 129,067 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,312 households. The median household income in Kennebec County is $69,077 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Kennebec County scores 54 for home repair companies (upper middle), #850 of 2,057 scored counties.
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