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Home repair companies in Lawrence County, OH

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Lawrence County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,111 of 2,057 scored counties
#44 of 82 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
21
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$54M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,386 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.3
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
55,710
−4.2% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Lawrence County comes to about $54M a year: $2,386 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per company, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 21 home repair companies on map listings in Lawrence County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lawrence County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 1,079 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Lawrence County.

Population estimates put the population change in Lawrence County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Lawrence County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,111 of 2,057 scored counties and #44 of 82 scored counties in Ohio.

How Lawrence 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 Lawrence County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureLawrence CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.312.012.4
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,079830587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.9%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,386$2,683$3,018
Median household income$58,325$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4847

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 21
Employees, 2023
168
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
55,710−4.2% since 2020
Households
22,650
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
453 sq. mi.
People per square mile
125
Median household income
$58,325+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,970
Median home value
$144,000
Jobs located here
13,066
Daytime population
45,023Residents 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 Lawrence 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
44Lawrence County, OH48219.3$2.6M−4.2%#1,111 of 2,057

Other business types in Lawrence County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 21 home repair companies in Lawrence County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.

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

About $54M a year, or $2,386 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,650 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lawrence County has 9.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.6M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 22, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,079 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Lawrence County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Lawrence County at 55,710 people in 2025, down 4.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,650 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $58,325 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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. Lawrence County scores 48 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,111 of 2,057 scored counties.

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