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Home repair companies in Flathead County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Flathead County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,778 of 2,057 scored counties
#8 of 13 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 91
- 3 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 221
- +20.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $121.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,746 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.6
- 66% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 115,429
- +10.1% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Flathead County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,778 of 2,057 scored counties and #8 of 13 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 home repair companies in Flathead County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 3%, against 4% across the U.S. That is 20.6 per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,746 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Flathead County spend about $121.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 91 home repair companies, that is $1.3M per company, 45% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 221 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Flathead County in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019. That is one for every 200 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $9.7M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Flathead County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Flathead County grew 10.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Flathead County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Flathead County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.6 | 15.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 200 | 325 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.8% | +14.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,746 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $73,925 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 183 → 221+20.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,454
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $88.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 913 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $9.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Flathead 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 Flathead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 115,429+10.1% since 2020
- Households
- 44,233
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 5,087 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $73,925+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,728
- Median home value
- $535,500
- Jobs located here
- 49,504
- Daytime population
- 110,772Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sanders County, MT | 50 | 5 | 9.2 | $2.6M | +12.9% | #1,012 of 2,057 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 41 | 47 | 15.1 | $1.9M | +5.8% | #1,447 of 2,057 |
| 3Gallatin County, MT | 41 | 94 | 18.4 | $1.7M | +7.7% | #1,460 of 2,057 |
| 4Lincoln County, MT | 38 | 10 | 11.0 | $2M | +13.1% | #1,567 of 2,057 |
| 5Park County, MT | 38 | 12 | 14.3 | $1.9M | +5.7% | #1,572 of 2,057 |
| 6Missoula County, MT | 37 | 87 | 16.5 | $1.7M | +4.4% | #1,630 of 2,057 |
| 7Ravalli County, MT | 33 | 30 | 16.1 | $1.6M | +9.4% | #1,767 of 2,057 |
| 8Flathead County, MT | 33 | 91 | 20.6 | $1.3M | +10.1% | #1,778 of 2,057 |
| 9Yellowstone County, MT | 33 | 149 | 21.3 | $1.3M | +4.5% | #1,779 of 2,057 |
| 10Silver Bow County, MT | 32 | 20 | 13.0 | $1.9M | +2.6% | #1,790 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Flathead 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 Flathead County, MT?
There are 91 home repair companies on map listings in Flathead County as of September 2026. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 221 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Flathead County, MT spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $121.5M a year, or $2,746 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,233 households in Flathead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Flathead County, MT compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Flathead County has 20.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.3M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Flathead County would have about 50, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 200 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Flathead County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Flathead County at 115,429 people in 2025, up 10.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,233 households. Median household income in Flathead County is $73,925, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Flathead County scores 33 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,778 of 2,057 scored counties.
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