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Home repair companies in St. Louis County, MO

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #668 of 2,057 scored counties
#10 of 72 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
517
24 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
522
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.2B
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,997 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.5
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
990,911
−1.2% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in St. Louis County comes to about $1.2B a year: $2,997 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

St. Louis County has 517 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 12.5 for every 10,000 households, 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 St. Louis County was 522 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 793 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 23 SBA-backed loans worth $9.1M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in St. Louis County.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Louis County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home repair companies, St. Louis County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #668 of 2,057 scored counties and #10 of 72 scored counties in Missouri.

How St. Louis 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 St. Louis County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Louis CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.512.912.4
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment793678587
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+9.2%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,997$2,667$3,018
Median household income$82,936$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score5839

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
522 → 5220.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
11,657
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51724 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
511The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
23
Amount
$9.1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
990,911−1.2% since 2020
Households
413,849
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
509 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,958
Median household income
$82,936+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$123,036
Median home value
$276,800
Jobs located here
655,776
Daytime population
1,175,839Residents 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 St. Louis 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

Other business types in St. Louis County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in St. Louis County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 517 home repair companies in St. Louis County. 24 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 522 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.

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

About $1.2B a year, or $2,997 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 517 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 413,849 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Louis County has 12.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 511, against 517 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 793 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Louis County, MO growing?

Population estimates put St. Louis County at 990,911 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 413,849 households. The median household income in St. Louis County is $82,936 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. St. Louis County scores 58 for home repair companies (upper middle), #668 of 2,057 scored counties.

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