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Home repair companies in Knox County, ME
The home repair companies in Knox County, ME, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #688 of 2,057 scored counties
#10 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- +18.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $57.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,105 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,117
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Knox County spend about $57.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $3,105 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 17 home repair companies, that is $3.4M per company, 39% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 17 home repair companies on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 9.2 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 63 businesses with payroll in Knox County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, up 18.9% from 2019. That is one for every 293 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $63K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Knox County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Knox County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Knox County is 57 (upper middle), #688 of 2,057 scored counties and #10 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Knox 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 | Knox County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 293 | 385 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.9% | +15.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,105 | $3,054 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $74,096 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 53 → 63+18.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 197
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $63K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,117+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 18,484
- Median age
- 49.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 365 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $74,096+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,101
- Median home value
- $324,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,342
- Daytime population
- 41,779Residents 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 Knox County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Knox County, ME?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 home repair companies in Knox County. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 18.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Knox County, ME spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $57.4M a year, or $3,105 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,484 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, ME compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Knox County has 9.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.4M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Knox County would have about 24, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 293 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 41,117 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,484 households. The median household income in Knox County is $74,096 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. Knox County scores 57 for home repair companies (upper middle), #688 of 2,057 scored counties.
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