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Home repair companies in Belmont County, OH

How Belmont County, OH 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #610 of 2,057 scored counties
#23 of 82 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
19
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$65M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,388 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
41% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.0
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
64,434
−2.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 home repair companies in Belmont County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.0, 44% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Belmont County comes to about $65M a year: $2,388 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 home repair companies, that is $3.4M per company, 41% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Belmont County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,700 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Belmont County.

Population estimates show Belmont County declined 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Belmont County is 59 (upper middle), #610 of 2,057 scored counties and #23 of 82 scored counties in Ohio.

How Belmont 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.

Home repair trades in Belmont County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureBelmont CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.012.012.4
Spending per listing$3.4M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,700830587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.9%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,388$2,683$3,018
Median household income$57,017$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5947

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 16
Employees, 2023
171
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
190 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
64,434−2.8% since 2020
Households
27,195
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
532 sq. mi.
People per square mile
123
Median household income
$57,017+12.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,538
Median home value
$154,900
Jobs located here
20,092
Daytime population
58,570Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH7911413.9$2.7M+12.5%#60 of 2,057
2Warren County, OH7811912.9$2.6M+5.7%#75 of 2,057
3Morrow County, OH7485.9$4.5M+3.7%#115 of 2,057
4Union County, OH733815.7$2.1M+16.5%#151 of 2,057
5Perry County, OH7185.9$4.3M+1.3%#175 of 2,057
6Portage County, OH71538.1$3.3M+1.0%#182 of 2,057
7Franklin County, OH7061111.0$2.5M+2.8%#217 of 2,057
8Greene County, OH708612.6$2.3M+3.7%#221 of 2,057
9Hardin County, OH6754.3$5.9M−2.1%#281 of 2,057
10Ashland County, OH67157.2$3.5M+0.1%#289 of 2,057
23Belmont County, OH59197.0$3.4M−2.8%#610 of 2,057

Other business types in Belmont County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Belmont County, OH?

There are 19 home repair companies on map listings in Belmont County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Belmont County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $65M a year, or $2,388 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,195 households in Belmont County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Belmont County, OH compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Belmont County has 7.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.4M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Belmont County would have about 27, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,700 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Belmont County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Belmont County at 64,434 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 27,195 households. Median household income in Belmont County is $57,017, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.0%, 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. Belmont County scores 59 for home repair companies (upper middle), #610 of 2,057 scored counties.

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