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Home repair companies in Ashland County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Ashland County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #289 of 2,057 scored counties
#10 of 82 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,502 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,523
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Ashland County comes to about $51.9M a year: $2,502 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per company, 42% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Ashland County has 15 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 7.2 for every 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ashland County in 2023. That is one for every 1,594 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $675K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ashland County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ashland County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Ashland County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #289 of 2,057 scored counties and #10 of 82 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Ashland County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Ashland County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,594 | 830 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,502 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,860 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 297
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $675K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ashland 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 Ashland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,523+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 20,720
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 423 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $69,860+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,890
- Median home value
- $186,800
- Jobs located here
- 18,646
- Daytime population
- 47,965Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Ashland County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 79 | 114 | 13.9 | $2.7M | +12.5% | #60 of 2,057 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 78 | 119 | 12.9 | $2.6M | +5.7% | #75 of 2,057 |
| 3Morrow County, OH | 74 | 8 | 5.9 | $4.5M | +3.7% | #115 of 2,057 |
| 4Union County, OH | 73 | 38 | 15.7 | $2.1M | +16.5% | #151 of 2,057 |
| 5Perry County, OH | 71 | 8 | 5.9 | $4.3M | +1.3% | #175 of 2,057 |
| 6Portage County, OH | 71 | 53 | 8.1 | $3.3M | +1.0% | #182 of 2,057 |
| 7Franklin County, OH | 70 | 611 | 11.0 | $2.5M | +2.8% | #217 of 2,057 |
| 8Greene County, OH | 70 | 86 | 12.6 | $2.3M | +3.7% | #221 of 2,057 |
| 9Hardin County, OH | 67 | 5 | 4.3 | $5.9M | −2.1% | #281 of 2,057 |
| 10Ashland County, OH | 67 | 15 | 7.2 | $3.5M | +0.1% | #289 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Ashland 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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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Ashland County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 home repair companies in Ashland County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Ashland County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $51.9M a year, or $2,502 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,720 households in Ashland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ashland County, OH compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Ashland County has 7.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.5M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Ashland County would have about 21, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,594 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Ashland County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ashland County at 52,523 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,720 households. The median household income in Ashland County is $69,860 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Ashland County scores 67 for home repair companies (upper middle), #289 of 2,057 scored counties.
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