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Home repair companies in Hill County, MT
How Hill County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,056 of 2,057 scored counties
#13 of 13 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,337 a household
- Spending per listing
- $906K
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.8
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,167
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Hill County is 9 (very low), #2,056 of 2,057 scored counties and #13 of 13 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 home repair companies in Hill County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 25.8 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,337 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Hill County spend about $14.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 16 home repair companies, that is $906K per company, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hill County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 365 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show Hill County declined 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hill 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 | Hill County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.8 | 15.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $906K | $1.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 365 | 325 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.4% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,337 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $52,798 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 71
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hill 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 Hill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,167−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,206
- Median age
- 34.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,899 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $52,798+7.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,118
- Median home value
- $202,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,080
- Daytime population
- 15,558Residents 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 |
| 13Hill County, MT | 9 | 16 | 25.8 | $906K | −0.5% | #2,056 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Hill County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Hill County, MT?
Hill County has 16 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Hill County, MT spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $14.5M a year, or $2,337 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $906K per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,206 households in Hill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hill County, MT compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Hill County has 25.8 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $906K, 63% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Hill County would have about 6, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 365 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Hill County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Hill County at 16,167 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,206 households. Median household income in Hill County is $52,798, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.1%, 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. Hill County scores 9 for home repair companies (very low), #2,056 of 2,057 scored counties.
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