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Home repair companies in Lawrence County, MO

The home repair companies in Lawrence County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,867 of 2,057 scored counties
#64 of 72 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
21
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
30
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,399 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.4
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,401
+3.7% 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

Lawrence County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,867 of 2,057 scored counties and #64 of 72 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $2,399 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Lawrence County spend about $35M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Lawrence County has 21 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.4, 16% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

In 2023, official counts showed 30 businesses with payroll in Lawrence County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 487 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $75K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lawrence County. Population estimates show Lawrence County grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lawrence County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Lawrence County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureLawrence CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.412.912.4
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment487678587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.7%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,399$2,667$3,018
Median household income$61,215$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score2939

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 30
Employees, 2023
76
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
210 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
1
Amount
$75K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
39,401+3.7% since 2020
Households
14,602
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
612 sq. mi.
People per square mile
63
Median household income
$61,215+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,676
Median home value
$175,100
Jobs located here
8,611
Daytime population
29,516Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO755512.5$2.5M+6.7%#110 of 2,057
2Washington County, MO6855.6$4.1M+1.6%#257 of 2,057
3Texas County, MO6777.4$2.9M+6.9%#298 of 2,057
4Pulaski County, MO65137.7$3.2M+0.8%#355 of 2,057
5Lincoln County, MO632711.8$2.3M+11.4%#463 of 2,057
6Barry County, MO6286.0$4.1M+4.8%#473 of 2,057
7St. Charles County, MO6125916.1$2M+4.9%#554 of 2,057
8Perry County, MO6079.3$2.7M+0.6%#575 of 2,057
9Clay County, MO5913413.1$2.2M+4.3%#633 of 2,057
10St. Louis County, MO5851712.5$2.4M−1.2%#668 of 2,057
64Lawrence County, MO292114.4$1.7M+3.7%#1,867 of 2,057

Other business types in Lawrence County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Lawrence County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 home repair companies in Lawrence County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Lawrence County, MO spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $35M a year, or $2,399 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,602 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lawrence County, MO compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Lawrence County has 14.4 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.7M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 14, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 487 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Lawrence County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Lawrence County at 39,401 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,602 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $61,215 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.8% 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. Lawrence County scores 29 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,867 of 2,057 scored counties.

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