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Home repair companies in Ottawa County, OH
How Ottawa 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #349 of 2,057 scored counties
#12 of 82 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,730 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,481
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 home repair companies in Ottawa County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 39% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Ottawa County comes to about $50.5M a year: $2,730 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per company, 49% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ottawa County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 841 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $962K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ottawa County.
Population estimates show Ottawa County declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Ottawa County is 65 (upper middle), #349 of 2,057 scored counties and #12 of 82 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Ottawa 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 | Ottawa County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 841 | 830 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +5.9% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,730 | $2,683 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $76,101 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 220.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 94
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- 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
- 4
- Amount
- $962K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,481−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 18,504
- Median age
- 49.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 255 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $76,101+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,812
- Median home value
- $219,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,612
- Daytime population
- 34,439Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 12Ottawa County, OH | 65 | 14 | 7.6 | $3.6M | −2.0% | #349 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Ottawa County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Ottawa County, OH?
There are 14 home repair companies on map listings in Ottawa County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Ottawa County, OH spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $50.5M a year, or $2,730 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,504 households in Ottawa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ottawa County, OH compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Ottawa County has 7.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $3.6M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Ottawa County would have about 21, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 841 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Ottawa County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ottawa County at 39,481 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,504 households. Median household income in Ottawa County is $76,101, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Ottawa County scores 65 for home repair companies (upper middle), #349 of 2,057 scored counties.
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