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Home repair companies in Penobscot County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Penobscot County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #621 of 2,057 scored counties
#8 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 67
- 2 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 151
- +11.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $187.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,881 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,967
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Penobscot County spend about $187.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,881 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 67 home repair companies, that is $2.8M per company, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Penobscot County has 67 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 3%, 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.
Official counts show 151 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Penobscot County in 2023, up 11.0% from 2019. That is one for every 432 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Penobscot County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Penobscot County grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home repair companies, Penobscot County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #621 of 2,057 scored counties and #8 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Penobscot 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 | Penobscot County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 11.5 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 432 | 385 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.0% | +15.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,881 | $3,054 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $66,356 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 136 → 151+11.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,155
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $69.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 672 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Penobscot 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 Penobscot County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,967+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 65,221
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,397 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $66,356+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,290
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 73,466
- Daytime population
- 158,403Residents 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 Penobscot 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
- Home repair trades59
- HVAC and plumbing64
- Electricians47
- Roofing and gutters62
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control38
- Landscaping and lawn care40
- House cleaning51
- Pest control50
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Penobscot County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 home repair companies in Penobscot County. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 151 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 11.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Penobscot County, ME spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $187.9M a year, or $2,881 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,221 households in Penobscot County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Penobscot County, ME compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Penobscot County has 10.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.8M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Penobscot County would have about 77, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 432 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Penobscot County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Penobscot County at 157,967 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,221 households. The median household income in Penobscot County is $66,356 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Penobscot County scores 59 for home repair companies (upper middle), #621 of 2,057 scored counties.
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