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Home repair companies in Holmes County, OH
How Holmes 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,869 of 2,057 scored counties
#81 of 82 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 23
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- +6.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $37.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,800 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.2
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,970
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Holmes County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,869 of 2,057 scored counties and #81 of 82 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 home repair companies in Holmes County. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.2, 39% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Holmes County spend about $37.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,800 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 home repair companies, that is $1.6M per company, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Holmes County in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 279 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $242K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Holmes County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Holmes County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Holmes 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 | Holmes County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.2 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 279 | 830 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.7% | +5.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,800 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $76,140 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45 → 48+6.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 324
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 231 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $242K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Holmes 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 Holmes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,970+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 13,395
- Median age
- 34.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 423 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $76,140+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,211
- Median home value
- $267,700
- Jobs located here
- 21,845
- Daytime population
- 47,930Residents 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 Holmes 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 |
| 81Holmes County, OH | 29 | 23 | 17.2 | $1.6M | +1.7% | #1,869 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Holmes 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Holmes County, OH?
There are 23 home repair companies on map listings in Holmes County as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 6.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Holmes County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $37.5M a year, or $2,800 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,395 households in Holmes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Holmes County, OH compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Holmes County has 17.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Holmes County would have about 15, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 279 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Holmes County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Holmes County at 44,970 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,395 households. Median household income in Holmes County is $76,140, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. Holmes County scores 29 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,869 of 2,057 scored counties.
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